Today is my third birthday…sort of. On this day, three incredibly long years ago, my wonderfully talented surgeon removed the tumors that were invisibly and silently killing me–and gave me new life. A new life I was temporarily unable to enjoy, while more doctors and nurses filled my veins with toxic chemicals and radiation designed […]
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The Day My Life Changed
On this day, three years ago, my life changed–hopefully, forever. August 21, 2009, was the day I received my breast cancer diagnosis. I was immediately swept into the spinning vortex of doctors, tests, surgeries, drugs, and ever-shifting emotions. Most days I felt as if I was trying to walk on quicksand, never knowing when the […]
A Picture Worth a Thousand Words
The other night my sons and I watched a documentary on the World War II. The Nazi government actually went around filming Jewish communities and families in order to make the rest of the German population believe they really were “the enemy.” They would purposefully pose the people in ways that suggested they were harsh, […]
This IS my Home
If you’ve read my posts very long, you will realize that music plays a HUGE role in my life. It lifts me up, comforts me, calls me to action, gives me home, and makes me think. And in the Christian music world, I rarely find a song I disagree with. Today, I heard a song […]
Survivor, Warrior, or What?
There is an ongoing discussion among those of us who have faced breast cancer…really, I guess for those who have faced any chronic illness. How do we classify ourselves after treatment, when the doctors have sent us home to live our lives? Are we in remission? Are we cured? Are we a survivor, a warrior, […]
True Love
Today, I found out that one of my Pink Sisters (fellow breast cancer warrior) is in the final stages of life on this earth. This is a beautiful, vibrant woman who should be enjoying MANY more years of laughter, fun and joy with her three beautiful daughters…instead, she is no longer able to communicate with […]
Lent…Practicing the Art of Letting Go
For those in the Christian faith, today is Ash Wednesday–the beginning of Lent. Lent is the season of preparation for the miracle of Easter. A time when many Christians feel compelled to “sacrifice” something of value in their lives in order to more closely identify with the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross for our […]
life in between... 