The countdown is on - one week from Monday is surgery day! This is the second part of reconstruction surgery, where tissue expanders (which are UNCOMFORTABLE) will be replaced with implants. Maybe it seems odd that I have been counting down to surgery - but it seems like this will be the end of the journey that began last October, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It's been rescheduled twice - first because I needed to have chemo, and next when I had to have eye surgery. But it's almost here!!
Life is so much more normal these days. My eye is healed, my vision is great, my hair is really starting to grow (I even went to Kroger without a wig this week!), and physically and mentally, I am feeling like myself.
One thing that has changed drastically in my life over the last few months is a much greater reliance on God. While I wouldn't wish this journey on anyone, I wouldn't trade the lessons I've learned. God has been with us every step of the way, providing peace, comfort and an assurance that the hard days won't overwhelm us.
There are so many things from this journey that I am still processing - but three things stand out in my mind at this point:
1) WORRY adds nothing.
Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? And if worry can’t accomplish a little thing like that, what’s the use of worrying over bigger things? (Luke 12:25-26 NLT)
2) JOY is the best weapon against satan's schemes.
Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing. (James 1:2-4 NLT)
3) At the end of the day, LOVE is the only thing that will remain. If we get that wrong, nothing else matters. But if we get it right, it will change everything.
Thank you for all your prayers on our behalf and for all your encouragement! We are blessed.
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