It's so hard to believe 2008 is over. This has been such a bittersweet year. Some really amazing things happened and also some really awful things.
In July I had the opportunity to go to Nashville for a fan picnic for Chris Sligh. It was the best time ever. I was part of the picnic committee and got to meet in person some of the nicest people you could ever want to meet. My picnic committee members have become my best friends and am so blessed to have them in my life. I also got to take my daughter and my grandkids and it was wonderful. I hope we have the picnic every year. Spending a week with new friends and getting to hang out with Chris Sligh and his wife Sarah is something I will never forget. A highlight of 2008 for sure.
A couple of days before we left for Nashville, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. The last part of 2008 has been the hardest days I have ever had to face. Although it was a really hard time, it was also a blessing. I have learned so much about myself and my faith and I am truly blessed for that.
So bring on 2009. No one can ever predict what the new year will bring, I am ready to get my life back. And boy am I ready for hair.....
It's hard to believe that another Christmas has passed. The time just goes way to fast. Our Christmas was amazing. Spending it with my kids and grandkids is so wonderful.
I don't realize how much I miss my kids and grandkids till I get to spend a whole day with them. They are so much fun to just hang out with. I think we need to make a new tradition. To take at least one day every other month no matter how busy we are and just spend the day together. All of us....yep, that's what we need to do...
I have been spending so much time complaining and worrying about everything that is going on with my disease right now, I have missed the main point.
An angel today in the form of a young man reminded me how lucky I am. His wife has lung cancer and has to have radiation everyday and chemo 3 times a week. I told him how cool it was that he was with her everyday during her treatment. He told me he rearranged his schedule so he could be there and that he was there for me also if I needed to talk at all. Wow....A perfect stranger.
Now this is only one example of perfect strangers becoming my angels. Yesterday a women noticed I was freezing while I was standing at the elevator to go home from treatment. She said she just wanted to hold me, so she took me in her arms, held me tight to get me warm, rode in the elevator with me and walked me to the front door of the hospital all the way keeping me warm. Wow...A perfect stranger.
This has been the most amazing journey and I have learned so much about myself and the people around me. It's funny, I don't see the world the same, I don't walk the same path.
I would never wish this disease on anyone, but if anyone ever gets it, stay on the lookout for angels. They are there when you least expect it.......
I can't believe that Thanksgiving has come and gone already. Man that went by fast.
But it was great. Spending time with family is always so special. It's a shame that we only seem to do over the holidays. I guess everyone gets so busy with their own families and work and just stuff that time just gets away.
Now it's on to Christmas and I have a feeling that Christmas will come and go even faster....
I started radiation therapy last week for my breast cancer. This is strange enough in itself but what is even stranger is who you meet in the waiting room. There are all kinds of cancer patients in all stages and all kinds of cancers. It is strange to see someone in that room that actually has hair.
Everyone is very friendly and we all talk about our journey's. It's so sad to talk to people who are terminal and they are so sick. You see people in wheel chairs that have come from the hospital and they are really sick and don't talk much but we try to cheer them up the best we can. I knew this would be an interesting journey but I never realized how my whole world or the view of it would change. I find it sad that some of these people may be gone before my treatment is even over. It also makes me feel guilty that I am not sick and will recover just fine.
I'm thinking of this journey and all the amazing people I am meeting as a blessing. I would have never met them if not for my breast cancer.
So I thought I'd try this blogging thing...We'll see how it goes
