NEDenise
11-02-2011, 08:37 AM
My Friends,
I saw my docs yesterday and...
Praise the Lord,
Who blesses me,
My path report says N-E-D!
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iQv-TulkTUU/TZ74x37BIyI/AAAAAAAAAIY/j4t8gZJ3SmY/s1600/kid_praise_god.jpg
If a picture is worth a 1000 words...this picture is exactly what I'm feeling!
Oddly, it didn't hit me till I was half way home...then I started to weep. Not joy exactly...but gratitude, and relief. Joy came later when we told the kids. I will never, ever forget the looks on my boys' faces when I told them...or the spontaneous group hug that followed. God has been so good to me!
I keep thinking of the little song my Dad taught me when I was a kid:
I don't care if it rains or freezes,
I am safe in the arms of Jesus.
I am Jesus' little lamb.
He's with me wherever I am.
And I found this picture that I love...
http://www.lovechristnow.com/Jesus_186best.jpg
because Jesus is loving a little black sheep...not a perfect white lamb. The look on His face speaks volumes too. He certainly has been holding me close, giving me strength to fight the cancer beasties!
I have been trying to write this post since last night...because you have all been so instrumental in my staying positive, and keeping the faith. (an homage to Bonnie) But...every time I started typing, the tears started flowing anew. I think it's because I know you'll all understand how emotional this is...better than anyone else in my world.
I still have 30 rads ahead of me, and I know that I can recur at anytime. I may even join the beautiful and strong stage IV sisterhood one day...but right now, today, I am overcome with gratitude. I know my little NED poem probably sounds silly, and tongue in cheek...but I mean it with my whole heart and soul. Thank you to the God who is so good to me, all the time. (right Nancy!)
And, thanks to you, my wonderful HER2 friends!
With love,
NEDenise :)
I saw my docs yesterday and...
Praise the Lord,
Who blesses me,
My path report says N-E-D!
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iQv-TulkTUU/TZ74x37BIyI/AAAAAAAAAIY/j4t8gZJ3SmY/s1600/kid_praise_god.jpg
If a picture is worth a 1000 words...this picture is exactly what I'm feeling!
Oddly, it didn't hit me till I was half way home...then I started to weep. Not joy exactly...but gratitude, and relief. Joy came later when we told the kids. I will never, ever forget the looks on my boys' faces when I told them...or the spontaneous group hug that followed. God has been so good to me!
I keep thinking of the little song my Dad taught me when I was a kid:
I don't care if it rains or freezes,
I am safe in the arms of Jesus.
I am Jesus' little lamb.
He's with me wherever I am.
And I found this picture that I love...
http://www.lovechristnow.com/Jesus_186best.jpg
because Jesus is loving a little black sheep...not a perfect white lamb. The look on His face speaks volumes too. He certainly has been holding me close, giving me strength to fight the cancer beasties!
I have been trying to write this post since last night...because you have all been so instrumental in my staying positive, and keeping the faith. (an homage to Bonnie) But...every time I started typing, the tears started flowing anew. I think it's because I know you'll all understand how emotional this is...better than anyone else in my world.
I still have 30 rads ahead of me, and I know that I can recur at anytime. I may even join the beautiful and strong stage IV sisterhood one day...but right now, today, I am overcome with gratitude. I know my little NED poem probably sounds silly, and tongue in cheek...but I mean it with my whole heart and soul. Thank you to the God who is so good to me, all the time. (right Nancy!)
And, thanks to you, my wonderful HER2 friends!
With love,
NEDenise :)