Day 115 // And They Gave Me Strength
These women challenged their inner warrior for eight weeks without complaint.
These women challenged their inner warrior for eight weeks without complaint.
Often we are looking for something and find something else - realizing that what we have found is more suited to our needs than what we thought we were looking for.
I love my "baldness"! Somedays I have felt like Julie Andrews in the Sound of Music singing aloud on the top of a mountain - "My bald head is alive with the drip of taxol!"
On July 15th of this past year, I came face-to-face with my chemo battle. Opting to journal my treatment for 106 days - the time between the first and last chemo treatment - it has become my therapy.
Reflecting on my day, my body granted me an enormous amount of strength as it continues to recover from the radiation treatments.
Gratitude is a forgotten factor in happiness research.
I stood on the sidelines eighteen years ago as I watched my sister and brother-in-law confront his battle with leukemia.
There has been a little more pep in my step as of late. Someone told me I looked "refreshed" - I'll take that compliment any day of the week.
Four months ago on this date I awoke at 3:45 AM not to teach a class but instead to gather myself (along with hubby and stuff) and head to the hospital for a surgery that would forever change me.
The mindset about surrounding yourself with people that are positive, share the same goals and lift you up could not be more true.