Summer 1996
We had been so busy getting
the boat ready I hardly found time to see the doctor. But I had to go. I
was scared to death of the nasty lump growing in my breast. In fact, I
was so scared I was in denial, and had delayed going. But the lump wasn't going
away, it was getting bigger. My adventures equaling snow flowers would
be nothing I had ever asked for, more than I ever thought I could face,
and healing after all.
Throughout this
trial, I met people undergoing harsher treatments and with bleaker
prognoses that I, but who remained steadfast in their faith. I learned
to smile through adversity. I learned to trust in God.
I wrote quite a long diary
throughout my treatment. I had surgery, chemo and radiation. I have not
decided how much I want to publish. For now I just want to say
that I am a 6 year survivor and all the discomfort of treatment was
worth it, because here I am.
I can never say thank you
enough to the people who prayed for me. I was so desperately afraid. In
my diary I wrote,
"It is one thing to know in your mind you should
trust in God and another thing to do it in your heart."
I wrote the message below
to my brothers and sisters in Christ, and had our Pastor read it to the
congregation, because it was their prayers that quieted my fears and
allowed me to face what was before me.
