Photo by Sarah Johnson.
Originally published Jan. 19, 2012.
Sylvia Simmons doesn't call herself lucky. She calls herself blessed.
Two years ago, the then 49-year-old Markle woman (and self-admitted procrastinator) received a reminder from her doctor about her annual mammogram while flipping through the mail. She tossed the note in a pile.
After a little while, however, she inexplicably dug the note out again. It was God, she says, who made her pay attention.
"I could have blown it off," Simmons says. "I could have skipped a year."
