STRENGTH

A few months ago, my friend Lisa left me a sweet voice mail on my work phone.  In that voice mail she said so many wonderful and sweet things including strength and then said that I was such a strong woman.  As I listened to her voice mail, I started crying.  I thought to myself, how could she say I was strong?  I’m weak, not strong.  I cry every time I go to chemo.  How does she possibly think I’m strong?  Well, I sat down and wrote the word strength and in that word tried to find other words that made up Strength or maybe describe me.  This is what I came up with.  

 

S urvival

T ransition

R eality

E volving

N ote worthty

G reatness

T rust

H eart

Now, 3 months later I do believe I'm a strong woman and this is what I think of myself now:

S – Survivor

T – Truth

R – Reality

E – Energy

N – Never ending

G – Growth

T – Triple negative breast cancer

H - Hope

I’ve come a long way baby.  Looking back at old photos from the beginning of this process to now.  It has been a journey. An amazingly tough journey.

Thanks Lisa for bringing STRENGTH to my attention.  Love ya!!!