TRUSTING...

" We've come this FAR by FAITH..."
(That song has been playing OVER, and OVER in my mind today!)

There comes a TIME in EVERYONE'S Life...

WHEN
ALL
YOU
HAVE

Is GOD!

We ALL arrive at that DESTINATION...

For VARIOUS Reasons.

Financial Hardship,
LOSS,
Grief,
And, for ME...
ILLNESS...Breast Cancer.

" LEANING on the LORD"...

During THOSE Times...

Degrees...Accolades...MONEY...

ALL...
YOUR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS...
Are
MEANINGLESS!

The ONLY way you can get THROUGH it,
The ONLY way you can WAKE up...

And,

FACE
EACH
NEW
DAY

Is...

GOD!

" TRUSTING in HIS Holy WORD"...

YES...

I can SAY without RESERVATION...

" He's NEVER...FAILED me yet!"

So, I'm ASKING...

FATHER,

My BEST FRIEND...

IS
FIGHTING

CANCER...AGAIN!

My LIFE...

My HEART...

AT
THIS
VERY
MOMENT

Could USE,

Your LOVING Hand...

Upon It!

" Oh, Oh, Oh...Can't TURN AROUND"

I KNOW...
YOU
CAN!

" We...I'VE come THIS Far By FAITH!"

Until Next Time...

" But, HE who TRUSTS in the LORD, MERCY Shall SURROUND Him"
Psalms 32:10

Dear Lord...THANK YOU!

" Thank you for ALL that you've DONE thus far...Thank you for BEING the GOD that you are...Thank You for FOOD on my TABLE...I've " LEARNED" that you're ABLE...I just WANT to Say..."

THANK YOU!

Those are the lyrics to one of my FAVORITE Gospel songs.

I ADDED..." LEARNED"  to the Lyrics.

Because that is the BLESSING...

 In...This...

 JOURNEY

Of MINE.

I'VE LEARNED...

That what GOD Has...

Is an "EXIT" Strategy.

For WHATEVER...

Needs "fixin"...In YOUR Life...

" There's a BALM...In Gilead!"

I "NEEDED" that "BALM",

To SPIRIT Me through BREAST CANCER!

And,

On

TODAY...

December 25th, 2013.
(The FIFTH Christmas...Since My Diagnosis!)

HALLELUJAH!!!

I'm HERE to TELL You...

" IF God ALLOWS Satan to DO It...
(Remember JOB!)
He WILL CERTAINLY Get You THROUGH It!"
( In my Rev. Jesse Voice!)

WHY...Was NEVER a Question I PONDERED Much.

ALL I SAID WAS...

"Okay, LORD...It's just YOU and ME!"

YOU
ARE
ALL
I
HAVE...

But, THANKFULLY

HE
WAS
ALL
I NEEDED!

SO,
ON
THIS
DAY...

The DAY we CELEBRATE...MY SAVIOR'S BIRTH.

I
JUST
WANT
TO
SAY...

THANK YOU!!!

Until Next Time...

" For unto us a CHILD is BORN, And His name WILL be Called
WONDERFUL,COUNSELOR,MIGHTY GOD, EVERLASTING FATHER,PRINCE OF PEACE."
Isaiah 9:6

It's OCTOBER...Again!

This is my FOURTH October,
Since being DIAGNOSED with...
Breast Cancer.

The month of OCTOBER,
Is BITTERSWEET for me.

On the one hand...
(The..."sweet!")

I have SURVIVED,
I still remain CANCER FREE...
After ALMOST four years.

That in and of itself
Is an ACCOMPLISHMENT.

On the OTHER hand...
(The..."bitter!")

I have MANY Friends...
Who haven't been "so lucky"

They have been Diagnosed...
Again...
And,
Again...
With NEW Cancers,
And, are PRESENTLY Fighting...

FOR...THEIR...LIVES!

I...AM...GRATEFUL...

FOR MY LIFE.

That God's Grace
His Mercies
CONTINUE to SURROUND Me.

BUT...

It's HARD to feel GOOD,

When WOMEN under the SAME Circumstances,

As Mine...

Are...

STILL FIGHTING...

Or,

Have

LOST...

Their

F.I.G.H.T!

It's October...Again!

I'M
STILL
HERE...

I'M
HEALTHY

I'M
CANCER
FREE!

Pray for those...

That are...

STILL...

In the "fight!"

I WILL CONTINUE...

"To FIGHT like a GIRL!"

Until Next Time...

" The Lord will FIGHT for YOU, and YOU shall "HOLD" your PEACE."
Exodus 14:14

53...Nothing Less!

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

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...

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...

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