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Andrea Barnett Budin · 06-07-2009, 03:13 PM

Thanks Mare. A friend of mine, who is a psychotherapist just mentioned The Shack to me. Said she hadn't read it yet, but it was highly recommended to her.

Appreciate your input. Will definitely check it out.

I also just read Rachel Naomi Remen's KITCHEN TABLE WISDOM and Andy Andrews THE TRAVELER'S GIFT. I often reread books I love, including these two.

I cannot read except with a pen in hand. I underline. Make notations in the margins. Can't help myself. I devour books word by word. When I reread, I just read my highlighted areas and it all returns to me. Just love being moved by words; when they touch my heart and reawaken things I never even knew I knew. When they are full of new Lessons to glean and rekindle ancient Knowings deeo inside me...

Andi

06-07-2009, 03:13 PM	#3
Andrea Barnett Budin Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: LAND OF YES! w/home in Boca Raton, Florida Orig from L.I., N.Y. Ever hovering IN THE NOW... Posts: 1,904	Nothing like a stirring read Thanks Mare. A friend of mine, who is a psychotherapist just mentioned The Shack to me. Said she hadn't read it yet, but it was highly recommended to her. Appreciate your input. Will definitely check it out. I also just read Rachel Naomi Remen's KITCHEN TABLE WISDOM and Andy Andrews THE TRAVELER'S GIFT. I often reread books I love, including these two. I cannot read except with a pen in hand. I underline. Make notations in the margins. Can't help myself. I devour books word by word. When I reread, I just read my highlighted areas and it all returns to me. Just love being moved by words; when they touch my heart and reawaken things I never even knew I knew. When they are full of new Lessons to glean and rekindle ancient Knowings deeo inside me... Andi __________________ Andi BB '95 post-meno dx Invasive LOBULAR w/9cm tumor! YIKES + 2/21 nodes. Clear mammo 10 mnths earlier. Mastec/tram flap reconst/PORT/8 mnths chemo (4Adria/8CMF). Borderline ER/PR. Tamoxifen 2 yrs. Felt BLESSED. I could walk and talk, feed and bathe myself! I KNEW I would survive... '98 -- multiple mets to liver. HER2+ 80%. ER/PR- Raging, highly aggressive tumors spreading fast. New PORT. 9 mnths Taxotere Fought fire w/fire! Pronounced in cautious remission 5/99. Taxotere weekly for 6 wks, 2 wks off -- for 9 mnths. TALK ABOUT GRUELING! (I believe they've altered that protocol since those days -- sure hope so!!) + good old Vit H wkly for 1st 3 yrs, then triple dosage ev 3 wks for 7 yrs more... The "easy" chemo, right?! Not a walk in the park, but not a freight train coming at 'ya either... Added Herceptin Nov '98 (6 wks after FDA fast-tracked it for met bc). Stayed w/Vit H till July '08! Now I AM FREE! Humbly and eternally grateful for this life-saving drug! NED since '99 and planning on keeping it that way. To hell w/poor prognosis and nasty stats! STOPPED VIT H JULY '08...! REMAIN STABLE... Eternally grateful...Yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds ... (e e cummings) EVERY DAY I BEAT MY PREVIOUS RECORD FOR # OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS I'VE STAYED ALIVE. Smile KNOWING you too can be a miracle. Up to me and God now...