Quote of the Day: “When the world says, “give up,” hope whispers, “Try it one more time.” Unknown
Everyday my body feels a little better and it gets easier to sleep. I sure miss my old body though, so enjoy yours. I wish I could sleep on my stomach or feel like I had my own breast tissue. It’s a interesting sensation when some of your skin has lost it’s normal nerve endings. I still have my tired moments and I have to remind myself that I just had surgery a little over 2 weeks ago.
Today a new couple, who had recently moved into our ward, spoke. The female part of this couple’s name was Sarah and she spoke about being diagnosed with breast cancer at age 32, with 3 small boys. Of course, it got my attention. I felt like she was describing my cancer. She talked about how the doctors described her cancer as agressive and invasive. She talked about being “poisoned” with chemo and being too scared to look into the future past her surgeries and being careful of hope for fear of being disappointed. She talked about Christ’s atonement and how that allows for families to be together despite illness or death, there is no power that can separate us. No matter what we are called to go through in this life, we can still have this bright hope.
She referenced the scripture: 2 Nephi 31:20 that says: “Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.” She shared this testimony of hope- that’s what keeps us going even when we are afraid, or our situation seems too much to bear. It’s the very thing that can calm our troubled hearts and bring peace when there is so much chaos in our lives.
I was so touched by her story and testimony. I talked with her after and wouldn’t you know it, she also has the BRCA gene and had triple negative cancer. She said that she is cancer free now and has so much hope for the future. Hope is really the essence of surviving this disease. It hard to always have that “perfect brightness of hope” as fear and doubt want to creep in.
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