I...WOKE...UP...
THIS
MORNING!
Joints were a LITTLE stiff.
(Chemotherapy is "NO FRIEND"...Of a Women's Bones!)
YES...
I
WOKE
UP,
THIS MORNING!
53...YEARS...YOUNG!
FEELING...
NOTHING
LESS,
THAN...
PURE "JOY"!
UNFAILING GRATITUDE!
IMMESUREABLE...LOVE!
My FIRST Words...
upon
Waking...
THANK YOU FATHER!
FOR HEALING...
(Cancer Free!)
FOR "ANOTHER" YEAR...
(Filled With LOVE & FRIENDSHIP!)
FOR MY FAMILY,
FOR MY LIFE!
Many People "Complain".
(I "too" was GUILTY of This!)
But...
AFTER
WHAT
GOD
PULLED
ME
THROUGH...
COMPLAIN?
"OUT OF THE QUESTION!"
TO "BE"...ALIVE
TO "BE"...IN REMISSION
TO JUST..."BE!"
The "mere" fact of that...
LEAVES...
"NO" ROOM...
FOR INGRATITUDE!
I AM...
53...Years Young.
LIFE...COULDN'T...BE...BETTER!
I
MAY
NOT
HAVE...
"What I Want",
But...I HAVE "ALL"...
That I NEED!
I...WOKE..UP...THIS...MORNING
FILLED...
WITH...JOY
GRATITUDE...
AND,
ABOVE ALL...
LOVE!
AT "ANY" AGE...
WHO COULD ASK FOR MORE?
Until Next Time...
" For if we are BESIDES Ourselves, It IS for GOD!"
2 Corinthians 5:13
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Rumor Has It...
There have been NUMEROUS...
"Celebrity" Sighting.
JUST
THE "OTHER"
DAY,
I
HEARD,
Someone...
SAY.
That "they" were SEEN
In a Tank Top
At a Robin Thicke Concert.
GROOVING...
To "Blurred Lines".
There were people "whispering",
That "they" were in a Strapless Top...
ON FULL DISPLAY
While Jill Scott...Saaaaannnng...
"Living My Life Like It's GOLDEN!"
At Taste Of Chicago.
"They" even had the AUDACITY
To SHOW Up...
In a Sundress.
At a Chaka Khan Concert.
WHO ARE THEY?
I'll TELL You
IF...
You can KEEP a SECRET.
"THEY" Are...
My
"brand new"
"CUSTOM MADE"
gravity "defying"
Implants!
MY Sister named "them"
LAVERNE & SHIRLEY...
(Schlemiel...Schmaltz...Isn't that how the Theme Song started?)
Okay...
This may seem a "little"
Narcissistic.
After All...
They're just BREASTS...Right?
But,
"They" HAD Been with Me...
Since Adolescence.
Breast Cancer
"TOOK" Them in an INSTANT!
So..
Please INDULGE My BRIEF Flirtation,
With Narcissism!
RUMOR Has It...
"They" are BACK!
(Did I mention...I will "sag" before they will?)
There IS a LIGHT at the END of the Tunnel!
Stay Tuned...
More "Celebrity" Sightings To Come!
Until Next Time...
"Celebrity" Sighting.
JUST
THE "OTHER"
DAY,
I
HEARD,
Someone...
SAY.
That "they" were SEEN
In a Tank Top
At a Robin Thicke Concert.
GROOVING...
To "Blurred Lines".
There were people "whispering",
That "they" were in a Strapless Top...
ON FULL DISPLAY
While Jill Scott...Saaaaannnng...
"Living My Life Like It's GOLDEN!"
At Taste Of Chicago.
"They" even had the AUDACITY
To SHOW Up...
In a Sundress.
At a Chaka Khan Concert.
WHO ARE THEY?
I'll TELL You
IF...
You can KEEP a SECRET.
"THEY" Are...
My
"brand new"
"CUSTOM MADE"
gravity "defying"
Implants!
MY Sister named "them"
LAVERNE & SHIRLEY...
(Schlemiel...Schmaltz...Isn't that how the Theme Song started?)
Okay...
This may seem a "little"
Narcissistic.
After All...
They're just BREASTS...Right?
But,
"They" HAD Been with Me...
Since Adolescence.
Breast Cancer
"TOOK" Them in an INSTANT!
So..
Please INDULGE My BRIEF Flirtation,
With Narcissism!
RUMOR Has It...
"They" are BACK!
(Did I mention...I will "sag" before they will?)
There IS a LIGHT at the END of the Tunnel!
Stay Tuned...
More "Celebrity" Sightings To Come!
Until Next Time...
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
INSPIRED...
I haven't written a Blog
In almost...
2 months.
After MUCH thought...
I
DECIDED...
I just DIDN'T feel "Inspired."
LIFE
IS
DIFFICULT
At Times.
As I write this entry...
I'm PREPARING to attend the Funeral
OF
A
FRIEND,
And, Co-Worker.
Who LEFT this Earth,
At the "tender" age of 40.
Just two weeks ago,
I attended the Funeral...
Of a CHILDHOOD Friend.
We LIVED on the same block,
We PLAYED on the same streets.
He LOST his Battle with Cancer.
So, Frankly...
LIFE
HAS
BEEN
DIFFICULT
Lately.
A GOOD Friend
ALSO
A
Breast Cancer Survivor...
One of the," PINK SISTERS"
I've Traveled on this JOURNEY with.
Is having a MAJOR Setback,
Resulting from Reconstruction.
WITH
ALL
THIS...
I'd LIKE to GET in BED...
PULL the Covers "OVER" My HEAD,
AND,
PRETEND...
If I STAYED in BED
LONG
ENOUGH.
This would ALL,
GO
AWAY!
That would be the EASY thing to do.
But,
INSTEAD...
I "CHOOSE"...
TO
GET UP!
FACE THE DAY!
And, ACKNOWLEDGE...
Although...
LIFE
IS
DIFFICULT
"OUR" GOD
"MY" GOD.
IS ABLE!
I "CHOOSE"...
To BELIEVE...
"Weeping MAY endure for a NIGHT...
And, I BELIEVE...
(It's that FAITH "Thang!")
But, JOY...Comes in the MORNING."
With that JOY...
Comes HOPE.
And, HOPE...
Now that's INSPIRING...
Until Next Time...
In almost...
2 months.
After MUCH thought...
I
DECIDED...
I just DIDN'T feel "Inspired."
LIFE
IS
DIFFICULT
At Times.
As I write this entry...
I'm PREPARING to attend the Funeral
OF
A
FRIEND,
And, Co-Worker.
Who LEFT this Earth,
At the "tender" age of 40.
Just two weeks ago,
I attended the Funeral...
Of a CHILDHOOD Friend.
We LIVED on the same block,
We PLAYED on the same streets.
He LOST his Battle with Cancer.
So, Frankly...
LIFE
HAS
BEEN
DIFFICULT
Lately.
A GOOD Friend
ALSO
A
Breast Cancer Survivor...
One of the," PINK SISTERS"
I've Traveled on this JOURNEY with.
Is having a MAJOR Setback,
Resulting from Reconstruction.
WITH
ALL
THIS...
I'd LIKE to GET in BED...
PULL the Covers "OVER" My HEAD,
AND,
PRETEND...
If I STAYED in BED
LONG
ENOUGH.
This would ALL,
GO
AWAY!
That would be the EASY thing to do.
But,
INSTEAD...
I "CHOOSE"...
TO
GET UP!
FACE THE DAY!
And, ACKNOWLEDGE...
Although...
LIFE
IS
DIFFICULT
"OUR" GOD
"MY" GOD.
IS ABLE!
I "CHOOSE"...
To BELIEVE...
"Weeping MAY endure for a NIGHT...
And, I BELIEVE...
(It's that FAITH "Thang!")
But, JOY...Comes in the MORNING."
With that JOY...
Comes HOPE.
And, HOPE...
Now that's INSPIRING...
Until Next Time...
Thursday, April 25, 2013
I AM...BLESSED!
"When I look back over my LIFE...I have a TESTIMONY!"
EVERY morning I WAKE...
Reminds me...
"I...AM...BLESSED!"
It doesn't matter...
If it's...
SUNNY...
RAINING...
"I AM STILL HERE!"
BLESSED!
I can continue to LOVE...My Child.
(Ahem...Young Woman!)
BLESSED!
God has "allowed" us,
Almost four MORE years together.
("GRACE!")
Since my Breast Cancer Diagnosis.
BLESSED!
"Pink Sistahs"...
Who SUPPORT,
Who STRENGTHEN,
Each Other.
IN MY LIFE...
BLESSED!
(That I Am!)
You LEARN...
How to
APPRECIATE
LIFE...
After SURVIVING...
A DISEASE,
That has TAKEN...
SO MANY!
Simple Things...
The JOY of LAUGHTER...
Sights...Sounds...
TRULY...
I...AM...BLESSED!
And,
TOMORROW...
My FIRST Board Meeting!
For, "Illinois Lottery, Ticket For A Cure"
NOW...
I WILL have a SAY,
What BREAST CANCER Programs...
The Ticket Proceeds will BENEFIT.
I'll Say It AGAIN...
I...AM...BLESSED!
MY JOURNEY...
ALL Part Of God's PLAN.
I WILL Continue To...
SPEAK
TEACH
ENCOURAGE
Until there IS A Cure.
"I AM...BLESSED!"
YES!
Until Next Time...
"You have TURNED for Me my Mourning into DANCING!"
Psalms 30:11
EVERY morning I WAKE...
Reminds me...
"I...AM...BLESSED!"
It doesn't matter...
If it's...
SUNNY...
RAINING...
"I AM STILL HERE!"
BLESSED!
I can continue to LOVE...My Child.
(Ahem...Young Woman!)
BLESSED!
God has "allowed" us,
Almost four MORE years together.
("GRACE!")
Since my Breast Cancer Diagnosis.
BLESSED!
"Pink Sistahs"...
Who SUPPORT,
Who STRENGTHEN,
Each Other.
IN MY LIFE...
BLESSED!
(That I Am!)
You LEARN...
How to
APPRECIATE
LIFE...
After SURVIVING...
A DISEASE,
That has TAKEN...
SO MANY!
Simple Things...
The JOY of LAUGHTER...
Sights...Sounds...
TRULY...
I...AM...BLESSED!
And,
TOMORROW...
My FIRST Board Meeting!
For, "Illinois Lottery, Ticket For A Cure"
NOW...
I WILL have a SAY,
What BREAST CANCER Programs...
The Ticket Proceeds will BENEFIT.
I'll Say It AGAIN...
I...AM...BLESSED!
MY JOURNEY...
ALL Part Of God's PLAN.
I WILL Continue To...
SPEAK
TEACH
ENCOURAGE
Until there IS A Cure.
"I AM...BLESSED!"
YES!
Until Next Time...
"You have TURNED for Me my Mourning into DANCING!"
Psalms 30:11
Sunday, April 14, 2013
True..."STRENGTH!"
This Blog Is Written For My Daughter...
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
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
Thursday, April 11, 2013
AWESOME!!!
MY...GOD...IS...AWESOME!
I Woke up THIS Morning...
With the RENEWED Knowledge,
Of that FACT.
ON...MY...MIND!
Since my Breast Cancer Diagnosis...
I...JUST...NEVER...KNOW!
How I'll FEEL...
Physically...Emotionally...
(I KEEP telling you FOLKS...It's Lifelong!)
When...I...Wake.
My JOINTS are usually STIFF,
(Can anyone say...80 year old!)
From the medication I take,
To KEEP me, "Cancer Free".
My EMOTIONS...
(Can anyone say...Rollercoaster!)
BUT...TODAY...
I WOKE UP...
With NO Pain.
FILLED with such, "JOY".
AN AMAZING FEAT...I Must Say!
(My most RECENT Surgery...Just a MONTH Ago!)
WITH THE SONG...
"MY GOD IS AWESOME..."
Playing...Over...And,...Over...
IN MY HEAD!
I CAN TELL...
I CAN FEEL IT...
Something..."WONDERFUL"...
IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN!
How Do I Know...
You May Ask?
GOD...
Whispered...
It into My SPIRIT...
As I OPENED...
MY...
EYES!
That's
WHY
I
HAD
"NO PAIN"
"JUST JOY!"
THIS MORNING...
"AWESOME!"
Stay Tuned...
Until Next Time...
"Though now you do not SEE Him, Yet BELIEVING, you REJOICE with JOY inexpressible, and FULL of Glory".
1 Peter 1:8
I Woke up THIS Morning...
With the RENEWED Knowledge,
Of that FACT.
ON...MY...MIND!
Since my Breast Cancer Diagnosis...
I...JUST...NEVER...KNOW!
How I'll FEEL...
Physically...Emotionally...
(I KEEP telling you FOLKS...It's Lifelong!)
When...I...Wake.
My JOINTS are usually STIFF,
(Can anyone say...80 year old!)
From the medication I take,
To KEEP me, "Cancer Free".
My EMOTIONS...
(Can anyone say...Rollercoaster!)
BUT...TODAY...
I WOKE UP...
With NO Pain.
FILLED with such, "JOY".
AN AMAZING FEAT...I Must Say!
(My most RECENT Surgery...Just a MONTH Ago!)
WITH THE SONG...
"MY GOD IS AWESOME..."
Playing...Over...And,...Over...
IN MY HEAD!
I CAN TELL...
I CAN FEEL IT...
Something..."WONDERFUL"...
IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN!
How Do I Know...
You May Ask?
GOD...
Whispered...
It into My SPIRIT...
As I OPENED...
MY...
EYES!
That's
WHY
I
HAD
"NO PAIN"
"JUST JOY!"
THIS MORNING...
"AWESOME!"
Stay Tuned...
Until Next Time...
"Though now you do not SEE Him, Yet BELIEVING, you REJOICE with JOY inexpressible, and FULL of Glory".
1 Peter 1:8
Sunday, April 7, 2013
LIGHT...
I woke up this morning...
FEELING...LIGHT!
(No...I'm NOT talking about my weight!)
Since my Breast Cancer Diagnosis...
November 2009.
There's been a "tug of war"
On my FINANCES!
OFF...1 and, a half years for Treatment.
OFF...5 weeks...Reconstruction...Part 1.
OFF...(Just Recently)..4 weeks...Reconstruction...Part 2.
(Are you...NOTICING...A Trend, here?)
So, ANY...Single Working Adult...Should Be able,
TO RELATE.
My FINANCES...
(Que...Sera...Sera!)
As a Child...I LOVED Musicals...Hence, the reference!
I am a Nurse.
And, EVERYTIME I return to work...
"Oops...There IS another...Surgery!"
(I have ONE Final Surgery...looming in 4 months!)
ANGRY?
NO!
Just gets a "little" frustrating at times!
I've LEARNED to LIVE...
DIFFERENTLY!
I Believe...FRUGAL...Would be the word I'm looking for!
(But, Ladies...Don't feel BAD for me!)
I've SHOPPED...And, SHOPPED...
Before ALL this happened,
To LAST...ME...A Lifetime!
What I'm TRYING to Say..
(Using a "little" humor to "lighten" the mood...)
CANCER...CHANGES...EVERYTHING!
I SELDOM...Worried about MONEY,
As a Nurse...OVERTIME...
Although, physically taxing,
Provided...Freedom...From worry.
Cancer...Changed...That!
(My MIND...Is WILLING...But, my BODY...)
I SELDOM...Worried about my HEALTH,
Now, the FEAR...Of "It"...RETURNING...
Is ALWAYS...In the back of my mind!
(I have a FRIEND...Round 2...Breast Cancer...Returned!)
I KEEP A "SMILE" ON MY FACE...
(But, "underneath"...)
I WRITE THIS BLOG...
To give you a "window"...
What WE...As Cancer Survivors,
LIVE WITH...
EVERYDAY!
BUT...ON "THIS" SUNDAY MORNING...
I Woke Up...
Feeling..."LIGHT!"
MY "SPIRIT"...SOARS!
Yolanda Adams...Has a song,
"He's KEPT Me...In the Midst Of It All!"
YES...HE HAS!
YES... HE WILL!
Until Next Time...
"God is in the MIDST of Her, She shall NOT be MOVED!"
Psalms 46:5
FEELING...LIGHT!
(No...I'm NOT talking about my weight!)
Since my Breast Cancer Diagnosis...
November 2009.
There's been a "tug of war"
On my FINANCES!
OFF...1 and, a half years for Treatment.
OFF...5 weeks...Reconstruction...Part 1.
OFF...(Just Recently)..4 weeks...Reconstruction...Part 2.
(Are you...NOTICING...A Trend, here?)
So, ANY...Single Working Adult...Should Be able,
TO RELATE.
My FINANCES...
(Que...Sera...Sera!)
As a Child...I LOVED Musicals...Hence, the reference!
I am a Nurse.
And, EVERYTIME I return to work...
"Oops...There IS another...Surgery!"
(I have ONE Final Surgery...looming in 4 months!)
ANGRY?
NO!
Just gets a "little" frustrating at times!
I've LEARNED to LIVE...
DIFFERENTLY!
I Believe...FRUGAL...Would be the word I'm looking for!
(But, Ladies...Don't feel BAD for me!)
I've SHOPPED...And, SHOPPED...
Before ALL this happened,
To LAST...ME...A Lifetime!
What I'm TRYING to Say..
(Using a "little" humor to "lighten" the mood...)
CANCER...CHANGES...EVERYTHING!
I SELDOM...Worried about MONEY,
As a Nurse...OVERTIME...
Although, physically taxing,
Provided...Freedom...From worry.
Cancer...Changed...That!
(My MIND...Is WILLING...But, my BODY...)
I SELDOM...Worried about my HEALTH,
Now, the FEAR...Of "It"...RETURNING...
Is ALWAYS...In the back of my mind!
(I have a FRIEND...Round 2...Breast Cancer...Returned!)
I KEEP A "SMILE" ON MY FACE...
(But, "underneath"...)
I WRITE THIS BLOG...
To give you a "window"...
What WE...As Cancer Survivors,
LIVE WITH...
EVERYDAY!
BUT...ON "THIS" SUNDAY MORNING...
I Woke Up...
Feeling..."LIGHT!"
MY "SPIRIT"...SOARS!
Yolanda Adams...Has a song,
"He's KEPT Me...In the Midst Of It All!"
YES...HE HAS!
YES... HE WILL!
Until Next Time...
"God is in the MIDST of Her, She shall NOT be MOVED!"
Psalms 46:5
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