The need to understand repeating patterns in her own life led Margie Davis to study and eventually to teach personal essay writing. The first class she led, in 1993, was for a group of senior citizens at her local senior center.
In 1999, Davis developed her Writing About Cancer courses, which she conducts with patients and caregivers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and the Wellness Community. She is the author of The Healing Way, A Journal for Cancer Survivors.