Time Flies

I was just responding to a blog on Vicki Courtney's website "Virtuealert" regarding her son turning 19. For any of you with teenagers, she is awesome, check her out sometime. Anyway, she was talking about how quickly time flies from kindergarten to college. One minute our kids are confirming 100 times that we are going to be at the game/recital/cheerleading competition and the next they are asking us not to stand up and yell and scream or shout" it will be ok" when they make that fatal error. When does this happen? We should be prepared. Our friends who have been there warn us, we know from our own childhood that this is a natural, normal progression into adulthood. Maybe so, but we do not have to like it! Accept it, yes, but like it....? Time really does fly too quickly so I have vowed to enjoy every minute I have, raise our children to be God loving, kind and gentle adults who care about the world, each other and come to mom's for dinner once in awhile!

Hello, Nice To Meet You

I have been pondering the perfect content for my very first blog post and decided to just get on with it. I was inspired to create this blog as a means of "keeping up with the times" and as added incentive, reach out to breast cancer survivors, regardless of where they are on their journey. As my bio mentions, I am a breast cancer survivor. I was diagnosed with Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) six years ago October. IBC is a very rare form of breast cancer that not many people are familiar with. Usually within three years of diagnosis, women loose their battle to this disease, so as I tell everyone....I am currently on "God Time"! I endured chemo, mastectomy, radiation and partial reconstruction. I'll spare you the gory details for a later date, but know that every experience is the same and every one is different. A positive attitude is essential to survival and so is a relationship with Christ. You heard me. A relationship. If you aready have one, stay the course and know that He is with you, wrapping His arms of comfort around you. Lean on Him. If you don't, grab a Bible and start praying. Find a friend who has one or a church that you feel comfortable with and confess to Christ that you need Him in your life. Trust me, you do. And not just for now, when things have hit rock bottom, but always. None of that "why me" nonsense either. Why not you?? Have your pity party for a minute and then get on with the task of surviving. You can do this!