I try
To shut out the bitter
in my oh so sweet moments
of the day.
But it is hard.
I try to hand
all the bitter
over to God
but a little is left on my fingers.
I try to remember
that 5 good days
out of 7
is a great percentage.
I try to remember
friends having babies
is a miracle
although not mine.
I try to remember
normal has changed
several times before
and doesn’t mean
it can’t go back.
I try to remember
a time when cancer wasn’t
in my vocabulary
in my life.
I try to remember
My determination is strong
My love for life is stronger
My spirit is strongest
I try to remember
These oh so sweet times
I live with stage IV metastatic breast cancer that has caused 3 brain surgeries and leukemia that required a bone marrow transplant. . I like to write about life - and I don't hold back! My mission is to always remind myself and others anything is possible,
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Remember when...
*you tried to "lose" me at the Galleria Mall when we were 16?!
*we wore those hideous prom dresses and had equally disastrous hair styles?!
*you came over to my house the morning of the first day of school our senior year at AHS and we both wore denim dresses?!
*we took step aerobics at Amarillo College and I was a total spaz in the class and got a B?!
*I came back from OU and dragged you to WTAMU with me and made you sign up for the same classes as me?!
*we got shushed by that cranky teacher lady at Sushi Den?!
*you told me you met an awesome new friend (Laurie) at work and you guys would go to happy hour?!
*you met this really nice guy named Eric and you just about blew it with him?!
*you called me to tell me that you got engaged?!
*you and Eric danced to "Somwhere Over the Rainbow" at your beautiful wedding?!
*you called to tell me that you were pregnant and craving hamburgers?!
*you texted me that Ian was finally born (after along a difficult labor/c-section) on the 11th, not the 10th as expected?!
*you called me to tell me that you met this great group of mom friends in your neighborhood and how much their friendship has come to mean to you?!
*you never thought you would get Ian potty-trained and now look at what a big boy he his?!
Renee, there are so many wonderful things in your life that I don't have the space to remember them all in this comment section. But we also had some tough times mixed in there too. Memory is a great and wonderful thing... we edit out the bad and remember the good. You are SO strong and SO amazingly wonderful. I am blessed with your friendship and consider it such an honor that you keep me in your heart too. I love you!
Marci
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