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Crystal Lowe, best known for her role in Hallmark's " Signed, Sealed, Delivered" movie series, has been diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer.
In a personal essay written for People magazine, the 44-year-old actor and director opened up about the harrowing moment she learned about her diagnosis, explained how the cancer has spiritually and physically "stripped" her down and detailed how she has mustered the strength to courageously fight her hardest battle to date.
"Like many women, I have always had a love-hate relationship with my body," she wrote. "Long before it gave me my two beautiful children, I was a bikini model in magazines like Maxim, and, early in my acting career, I spent many years playing roles that were