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An Update...Because You Asked...

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"A strong woman knows she has strength enough for the journey...a woman of strength knows it on the journey that she will become strong." ~ Luke Easter First things first, overall I am doing very well. I am gaining strength each day and feeling better physically. I still have days when I hit a wall and I am just utterly and completely exhausted for no apparent reason. On those days I really have no other choice but to slow down and rest because I simply cannot function. Thankfully, those days are getting fewer and farther in between. As of today, the cancer is gone. The treatments did their job. There is never a 100% guarantee it won't come back one day, but the chances are small. The doctors threw everything they had at it and though I came out the other side quite beaten up, I am grateful for all they did for me. My hair is starting to curl as it grows back in. I figured it might. My hair was VERY curly when I was younger, but with each pregnancy, it got straighter...

This One Thing...

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“Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God. Oh, it chases me down, fights 'til I'm found, leaves the ninety-nine. I couldn't earn it, and I don't deserve it, still, You give Yourself away. Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God.” ~ Wreckless Love - Cory Asbury If I could hope that one thing has been clear through the journey I’ve been on the last nine months it is this...that the God I love didn’t abandon me. He loved me through it and you, loved ones, were His hands and feet. His love is overwhelming, never-ending, and He recklessly gave it to all of us when He took our punishment on the cross. I am so thankful that He put you all in my life. Each one of you in one way or another has helped me make it through. I am not strong. My God is strong and He carried me through. When I first found out I had breast cancer I cried harder than I ever have in my life and yes, I did ask “Why me?” those first few days. But soon after, wh...