When I tell people about my Breast Cancer Walk,
How MUCH it WEAKENED me.
How DIFFICULT it was to OVERCOME.
How I DIDN'T Know...
From DAY to DAY...
IF I'd even SURVIVE IT!
They ALWAYS say to me,
"You're SO Strong!"
I Can HONESTLY Tell You...
"I AM NOT!"
I was TAUGHT...
From as EARLY as I can REMEMBER...
To Put...
"One foot in FRONT of the OTHER!"
WALK...Towards your HEALING...
WALK...Towards ANY Obstacle...
You May Be FACING!
My Mother DID...
Robbie Watson Banks Cannady.
EVERYDAY OF HER LIFE!
No MATTER What OBSTACLE...
She FACED.
She put...
"One foot in FRONT of the OTHER!"
And, "CONQUERED" It!
After FIVE Children,
She RETURNED to School.
Received her GED...Certifications...
And, had a SUCCESSFUL Career in Education,
Lasting OVER 25 Years.
She, "BRAVED" her FINAL Walk with Cancer...
That Way!
"One foot in FRONT of the OTHER!"
With such GRACE...Humility...
It Was INSPIRING!
(Little did I Know...3 years LATER...I would NEED her Example!)
Her Mother...
My Grandmother...
Doris Watson.
In a TIME...During the 50's...
LEFT an ABUSIVE Husband.
(Back Then...You STOOD By Your Man...REGARDLESS!)
With a Child(My Mom)...In Tow.
Her "Only" Skills...
(By The "World's" Standards!)
"HER HANDS"...
She put...
"One foot in FRONT of the OTHER!"
And, "scrubbed" floors...
At Rush Presbyterian Hospital,
For OVER 20 Years.
While simultaneously...
Working as a Maid,
For YEARS for a Family in LaGrange.
RAISING A Child Alone.
My Grandmother...
"Braved" Her Walk With Cancer the SAME Way...
"One foot in FRONT of the OTHER!"
Her GRACE....Humility...
Also, INSPIRING!
(Although, at 17...I DIDN'T Understand...That!)
SO...
BEFORE...
YOU...
SAY,
"You're SO Strong!"
KNOW
THAT
"TRUE STRENGTH"
Walked BEFORE Me.
In the EXAMPLE.
In the IMAGES.
Of MY MOTHER...
MY GRANDMOTHER...
That's WHY...
I'M ABLE...
"To put ONE foot in FRONT of the OTHER!"
My Darling Daughter, "So CAN You!"
(You have the "gene" too...For True "Strength"...Use It!)
Until Next Time...
"For you have ARMED me with STRENGTH for the BATTLE"
2 Samuel 22:40
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