If you are ready for a book that will encourage and uplift you, this book is for you In Take Up Your Bed and Walk: This Is My Story , the author gives you a detailed and heartfelt chronological account of his journey through and triumph over the devastating effects of deadly cancer in 2007 Now a multiyear cancer survivor/thriver and counting, Dr. Haywood tells about Gods grace and continued granting of one new beginning after another His testimony and message of hope and deliverance proclaims that retirement from a job or career and a subsequent diagnosis of malignant cancer does not have to be the end of things. Embedded throughout his story and testimony are his strong faith in the Word of God and his genuine love and passion for teaching, learning, traveling, and writing.