Hackett recently attended one of Ozer's three-day workshops, which involved writing a story about something important to her, recording the story in her own voice, and combining the story with images, photos and music at the U-M Duderstadt Center.

Hackett wrote three stories going into the workshop and chose one to bring to the group. With the group's input, it was edited into her final digital story, which focused on how she continued working during the time she had cancer.

"The workshop was very intense. It was the most I cried. I felt a release of finally getting it out," she says. "Watching the final product was quite overpowering. It made it worth it."

Hackett says her kids, now 7 and 13, understand their mom is on the road to recovery. After attending the legacy workshop, she wants her kids to understand there are different ways to express emotion. Sometimes it's just a matter of finding the right medium.