Dragon Strong: How My Fight Through Cancer Became the Beginning of Princess Crystal Says

Free to read on my bookshelf and my website.

There are some stories you live through… and others you rise through.

Dragon Strong is both.

It’s the true story of the fire that tried to break me, the strength I didn’t know I had, and the purpose that was born from the ashes.

I wrote this book not just to share what I survived, but to show anyone walking through their own storm that strength can be born in the darkest places — glowing, burning, and pushing you forward even when you feel like you can’t take another step.

And today, I’m making it completely FREE on my bookshelf and on my website, because this story isn’t just mine — it belongs to every person who has ever needed a reminder that they are stronger than the battles they didn’t ask for.

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🔥 A Battle That Changed Everything

My journey began the day I heard a word no one ever wants to hear: cancer.

I remember my children — their tiny faces, their warm little hands — and the terrifying thought that I might not get to watch them grow. Treatment was a war no one could see from the outside. It was physical, emotional, and spiritual all at once.

There were days I cried in silence, nights I felt hollow, and moments I questioned if I could keep going. But every time I fell, something stronger rose inside me — something fierce and protective. Something that refused to quit.

My son once told me, “Mommy, you’re like a dragon. You’re strong and you breathe fire.”

She didn’t know yet just how true that was.

🔥 From Fire to Faith — And Finding Myself Again

Surviving cancer wasn’t the end of the story. It was the beginning of rebuilding a life I no longer recognized. I had to learn how to breathe again, how to hope again, how to believe I was still allowed to dream.

Writing became my healing.

Writing became my new heartbeat.

Writing became how I came back to life.

I poured my pain onto paper, my faith into journal pages, my questions into prayers, and my hope into stories. And slowly, the old me faded — not in loss, but in transformation.

That’s when I heard the whisper that became my calling:

Princess Crystal Says.

🔥 Going Back to School With Purpose

After cancer, I didn’t want to just survive — I wanted to rise.

I wanted to build something meaningful.

I wanted to create something that would help others heal the way writing helped me.

So I went back to school after a sweet doctor gave me his old laptop.

I studied. I learned. I rebuilt my confidence piece by piece. It wasn’t easy, but it was purposeful.

Every class, every essay, every late-night study session was part of reclaiming my life on my terms.

Education became another step in my healing — a way of proving to myself that the fire did not take my future. It refined it.

🔥 The Birth of PrincessCrystalSays.com

From the fire came my voice.

From my voice came my stories.

And from my stories came PrincessCrystalSays.com.

I created my website so I could share truth, hope, healing, and imagination with the world. It became a home for devotionals, children’s stories, journals, fantasy stories, crime fiction, and books about faith and resilience.

But more than anything, it became a place where people could feel seen.

A place where pain can turn into purpose.

A place where light always finds a way in.

And Dragon Strong is the book that started it all.

🔥 Why I’m Giving Dragon Strong Away for Free

Because someone out there right now is where I once was.

Because someone needs hope more than anything.

Because someone needs to know they are not alone.

My journey wasn’t just meant for me. It was meant to help someone else rise.

So I’m giving Dragon Strong away for free — no signups, no payment, no barriers.

Just truth. Just healing. Just light.

📚 FREE on the Princess Crystal Says Bookshelf:

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🔥 If You Read Anything From Me… Read This One

Dragon Strong is the heart of everything I’ve created since.

It is the fire that shaped my purpose, the testimony behind my brand, and the story that proves we can rise even when everything inside us feels broken.

Thank you for being part of this journey.

Thank you for letting my story become a part of yours.

And remember — if you are in the fire right now…

you are not falling apart.

You are being forged.

You are Dragon Strong.