Jess Camilla O’Neal of Dubois, Wyoming, faced down death twice. To survive each time, she turned to the one constant in her life: music.

O’Neal had survived a horrific accident as a teenager. She had to relearn to walk and during that time, she learned to play guitar and began writing songs.

Then in her 40s, as a wife and mom of an 8-year-old, O’Neal was diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer that had already reached stage four.

She picked up her pen and started writing music in earnest between cancer treatments.

“I didn't want to die with my music in me, and I wanted my son to have a have a piece of me,” O’Neal said. “What cancer really taught me, was to slow down and be very specific with how you want to spend your time.”

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