I am newly diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma cancer. After the initial shock of being so young , I realized that if I let it, MM can be a huge cloud over my life.
The joy of living must Not be kept under a bushel. We must experience the good as well as the bad.
With treatment we are able to extend our lives. I am now focused on not missing the journey of meeting new people and caring about people other than myself. I always said to my kids"we don't always get what we want, we get what we need". Now I am happily learning to experience what I preached.
Someone said to me today,"if you take every ones problems and trials and weighed them, they would weigh the same even though they are different problems than our own".
I must continue to realize this truism and carry on. My background in maintenance and repair says to me that this is just another broke thing. This time I have to depend on someone else for help. This is something that I am not used to so I have to learn to trust that my care is directed to a result that I must accept.
I must trust and "enjoy the ride" as much as possible.
The joy of living must Not be kept under a bushel. We must experience the good as well as the bad.
With treatment we are able to extend our lives. I am now focused on not missing the journey of meeting new people and caring about people other than myself. I always said to my kids"we don't always get what we want, we get what we need". Now I am happily learning to experience what I preached.
Someone said to me today,"if you take every ones problems and trials and weighed them, they would weigh the same even though they are different problems than our own".
I must continue to realize this truism and carry on. My background in maintenance and repair says to me that this is just another broke thing. This time I have to depend on someone else for help. This is something that I am not used to so I have to learn to trust that my care is directed to a result that I must accept.
I must trust and "enjoy the ride" as much as possible.
2 comments:
Mom & Dad,
I had the best weekend with you!
Love you,
Amy
P.S. This is one of my first blogs haha
Don:
I really appreciate this post, as it is along the lines of what I have been thinking about being in Little Rock. Don't miss the journey. Or don't miss what God is doing each day. Difficult for me, as I tend to live in the future, unless I am suffering and then I tend to live in my shell. But I am with you on this - let's live each day for what God has made it for.
-Paul
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