tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513289084050078659.post817995776969578741..comments2024-03-06T06:44:05.481-05:00Comments on Keeping my Faith - Living with Stage IV Lung Cancer: Mother's Day - It's not for everyoneKeeping the Faithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295668224075405565noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513289084050078659.post-80125459353890902662017-06-25T23:50:38.269-04:002017-06-25T23:50:38.269-04:00Keep your head up and don't lose faith! My per...Keep your head up and don't lose faith! My personal story:<br /><br /><br />“An Awakening”<br /><br />When I was diagnosed with Breast cancer a few years back, I reacted like most who receive a cancer diagnose, first thing came to mind was a “death sentence”. I found out later that it was truly “an awakening” for me; even after being diagnosed with colon cancer a few years later. I began questioning God, why would you do this to me? What had I done so bad in life to have this thrown upon me? But instead of bemoaning my fate, I decided to look for the positive side of it. There has to be a reason for it all. <br /><br />I also realized that I was about to face a new beginning, new hope, do and see more with a whole new prospective on life. When I think of the “gift of life” that was given to me, I know that I will develop and gain strength from all my experiences. Not saying, and nor would I ever say that cancer was a gift, surviving it, receiving a second change at life, is the gift. Even with the complications I now have to live with, I still feel truly blessed. For a while, I wasn't happy with the way I looked after my surgery and the pain I had to endure each day, but I decided to snap out of it. I thought about the individuals that are no longer among us. I also realized that there will always be someone worse off than I am. I reminded myself, that I “still have my life” and who am I to complain. <br /><br />One day I experienced something of a miracle and felt the compulsion to write it down. I turn that experience into a poem and I called it “Peace”. Writing has become therapy for me. I took that poem, along with many others I had composed during my breast cancer period and placed them into book form. I was blessed enough to have that book published. I'm hoping that anyone who has the opportunity to read my poems, get out of them, what I placed in all of them. I wish to make a positive impact on someone who's ill or otherwise, where they could develop the strength to embrace life in a whole new way. I never anticipated becoming a writer, I just became one. I truly believe when you survive a horrific tragedy or a horrible disease as cancer, it's for a reason, “you have a purpose”,” and that's what I'm all about now, inspiration. <br /><br />I would have never become a writer, producing inspirational poems and stories, if I had not gone through all that I did. I'm a true example that you can survive cancer not once, but twice, providing you <br />catch it in time, have faith and allow that faith to direct your path. I'm not saying all will be easy, I won't say everyone will survive it, even while holding on to their faith. But as you embark on such a journey, fight with all your might and believe, that no matter what, God is with you every step of the way!<br /><br />Karen Rice<br />x2 Cancer Survivor/AuthorAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13429875443222298518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513289084050078659.post-88122081002134953032017-06-25T23:50:22.213-04:002017-06-25T23:50:22.213-04:00Keep your head up and don't lose faith! My per...Keep your head up and don't lose faith! My personal story:<br /><br /><br />“An Awakening”<br /><br />When I was diagnosed with Breast cancer a few years back, I reacted like most who receive a cancer diagnose, first thing came to mind was a “death sentence”. I found out later that it was truly “an awakening” for me; even after being diagnosed with colon cancer a few years later. I began questioning God, why would you do this to me? What had I done so bad in life to have this thrown upon me? But instead of bemoaning my fate, I decided to look for the positive side of it. There has to be a reason for it all. <br /><br />I also realized that I was about to face a new beginning, new hope, do and see more with a whole new prospective on life. When I think of the “gift of life” that was given to me, I know that I will develop and gain strength from all my experiences. Not saying, and nor would I ever say that cancer was a gift, surviving it, receiving a second change at life, is the gift. Even with the complications I now have to live with, I still feel truly blessed. For a while, I wasn't happy with the way I looked after my surgery and the pain I had to endure each day, but I decided to snap out of it. I thought about the individuals that are no longer among us. I also realized that there will always be someone worse off than I am. I reminded myself, that I “still have my life” and who am I to complain. <br /><br />One day I experienced something of a miracle and felt the compulsion to write it down. I turn that experience into a poem and I called it “Peace”. Writing has become therapy for me. I took that poem, along with many others I had composed during my breast cancer period and placed them into book form. I was blessed enough to have that book published. I'm hoping that anyone who has the opportunity to read my poems, get out of them, what I placed in all of them. I wish to make a positive impact on someone who's ill or otherwise, where they could develop the strength to embrace life in a whole new way. I never anticipated becoming a writer, I just became one. I truly believe when you survive a horrific tragedy or a horrible disease as cancer, it's for a reason, “you have a purpose”,” and that's what I'm all about now, inspiration. <br /><br />I would have never become a writer, producing inspirational poems and stories, if I had not gone through all that I did. I'm a true example that you can survive cancer not once, but twice, providing you <br />catch it in time, have faith and allow that faith to direct your path. I'm not saying all will be easy, I won't say everyone will survive it, even while holding on to their faith. But as you embark on such a journey, fight with all your might and believe, that no matter what, God is with you every step of the way!<br /><br />Karen Rice<br />x2 Cancer Survivor/AuthorAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13429875443222298518noreply@blogger.com