Genes...

When you are diagnosed,
With Breast Cancer...
You discover who REALLY loves,
And, CARES about YOU.

I know for SOME...

Watching someone you LOVE suffer...
Is HARD!

But, you have to REMEMBER...

It's even HARDER...

For the person who has to ENDURE...

The Treatment!

Going IN...
I had NO expectations.
I was going to BEAT this,
No matter what!

My FAMILY was ALWAYS there...
Doctor's Visits...Surgeries...Chemo...
And, Radiation.

But, what was even more UPLIFTING for me...

I Discovered...
I had ANOTHER Family.
We didn't share the same GENES...
But, the LOVE shown to me,
By Them...

Was INSTRUMENTAL...

In my HEALING...
Conquering this Disease!

Many that I had WORSHIPPED with,
WORKED with,
FRIENDS of my Family,

OVERWHELMED Me.
With their THOUGHTFULNESS!

There wasn't a DAY...

That I didn't receive,
A Card...A Phone Call...A Visit,

To ENCOURAGE Me,
To REMIND Me.

That I was being PRAYED For!

To HELP on "those" days...
When I felt,
I COULDN'T ...

Genes are IMPORTANT.
(Especially a "good" fitting pair!)

They "make-up"...WHO we are.

Through this Journey,

I've LEARNED a VALUABLE Lesson...

LOVE...

ABOUNDS...With, and Without Them!

Until Next Time...

" A Friend LOVES at ALL Times"...Proverbs 17:17

What's Left For Me To Prove?

Since being Diagnosed,
With Breast Cancer...
I tend to not "sweat",
The "small" stuff.

(That INCLUDES..."small" minded people!)

I'm 52 years old...

And, I've done some "things" in
My Life.

I've had..."BIG" titles...
That paid me WELL.

I started at the bottom.

$7 dollars per hour,
Fresh out of an LPN Program in 1987.
And, I was "grateful" for it!
I had a...Profession,
Not "just" a job!
(For a single Mom...It was a "godsend!")

The Apostle Paul gave,(in my opinion!)
The "greatest" summation of one's,
Life Experiences...

"I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all
things, I have LEARNED...both to be FULL
and to be HUNGRY. Both to ABOUND and
to SUFFER need".

And, it ends with...

"I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me" Philippians 4:12-13.

So, with all that in mind...

The only opinion that "concerns" me....

Is what Jesus will think of My Life!

I was "spared"...From DYING from Breast Cancer.
Have I HELPED another "Pink Sister"...
Through her Journey?

I CONTINUE my "emotional" healing,
From this disease.
Because of my "network" of "Pink Sisters"...
Our Support Group...Is Life-Affirming!
Have I brought another "Pink Sister" in?
Into our AMAZING Community of Support?

I PROUDLY wear my PINK...

I did NOTHING to "deserve" this disease,
(You didn't do anything...WRONG!)
Have I shared this with another Sister?

So...

Whatever "drove" me at work...
The desire to prove...My Knowledge,
My Worth before Breast Cancer...

No longer exists!

ALL I want to prove...

NOW

Is My Life a reflection of Christ?

Do you see "Him" when you encounter me?

I just want to hear the words...

"My SERVANT...Well done!"

Until Next Time...