I woke up at 6 and stated working at 7. It is 12:30am and I just got to bed. Today was one of the most beautiful days of my entire journey…maybe even the last few years. I am going to share quickly because I need to get up at 5:30 to get ready to go to chemo. I will post more while I am sitting there for 5 hours tomorrow. My friend Judy came up with the idea of having a scarf party. There is a woman that does amazing things with scarfs. Wrapping them in fun and fabulous ways. My friend Meredith picked me up, we dragged my 70 scarfs to the other side of town and had a party. I felt awkward that a woman I didn’t know offered to come over and teach me to do fabulous things with scarfs. I didn’t know whether to pay her or what. Who does this? We began by having appetizers and saying special prayers directly related to certain things like a full recovery, having children, success, etc. We drank sparkling juice with edible flowers in them soaked in something absolutely yummy. Since we were wrapping scarfs, if you knew my friend Judy, you would understand that all the food was “wrap” related. All the makings to create yummy wraps was there. In addition, my friend Donna and her Mom made wraps of spinach with cheese and yummy something else and cabbage wraps with more yummy stuff. I can’t even explain the love, fun and laughter we had over dinner. We eventually got to the scarf part. Everyone participated and did scarfs on themselves. Yael, the expert wrapper, was so loving and caring and fun and fabulous. The fact that purple is her favorite color is icing on the cake. It was as if I made a new friend in record time. OK, I have to sleep. I just wanted to hold onto, soak in and share the love fest I attended this evening. I read support sites and women that are sad and dreading their upcoming chemo. Gd has truly blessed me. I would never imagine having breast cancer could be so much fun. I am being surrounded with loving people…some that I’ve known for 5, 10 and 20+ years and some that have been placed on my journey because Gd knew they were exactly who I needed to know. Today Yael was one of those Gd was sure my life needed to be blessed with. If I didn’t have breast cancer I am sure we never would have met. I didn’t spend time thinking what I would be doing the night before my chemo began. If I had, I am positive a scarf party with the most amazing women that are loving me thru this would never have been on my radar. The wheels of my little brain are already spinning with ideas on how to share tonight with other women. It was too amazing to keep just for us. Yael is willing to help in any way she can as is Meredith. The gifts that keep on giving…My friends help me want to share what they give me with others. This is just the beginning. Gd not only gave me an opportunity to expand my world in the most amazing ways, he is showing me things that I can keep by giving them away. I will post pictures tomorrow. I am going to sleep with the biggest smile on my face. When I walk into the clinic tomorrow, I will be surrounded with the joy and love of each of you…I don’t have an ounce of fear. When there is so much love, what is there to be scared of? If it does get tough, which I don’t anticipate it will, I will let all of you know and the prayers, light and love will flow even stronger. Some people have said they felt sorry for me because I don’t have blood family, a husband or boyfriend and I live by myself. I would challenge anyone to being able to say they have more family than me. Mine is family of choice…a much stronger bond because I am not an obligation. I wanted to write to you tonight to share my joy…Thank you for doing what you are and allowing me to feel like I want you to be part of all of it. Gd has blessed me beyond anything I could have ever asked for. Pictures and more tomorrow while at chemo...Hugs!!!
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 04:54:59 +0000
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