For those ten months of treatment, it felt like I existed to attend appointments. After that initial mammogram and ultrasound during which they found the cancer, there were many important appointments that helped them determine the appropriate treatment for me. Between my husband trying to maintain his work schedule and my mom needing to care […]
Day 24: Take Her A Meal Or Two
When I say we received meals for 6 months while going through treatment, that is no exaggeration. I sat and counted the months one day and it really was that long. Sure we got them more frequently at certain times during my treatment like after surgeries or in the first week after chemo infusions, but […]
Day 23: Get Her Out Into Nature
There is a tradition that a few of my friends and I try to keep during the summer months. We try to start as early as possible in the summer and continue it until as late in the summer as possible. I didn’t get hooked on it until after my breast cancer journey, but I […]
Warrior Elizabeth
Yesterday I introduced you to Elizabeth. What a treasure that I get to be friends with this girl and an honor to add her to Pinked Perspective’s “Warrior Wall”. I asked her if she would guest blog for me today about how she was cared for while going through her treatment. As I mentioned, the […]
Day 21: Connect Her With Other Pink Warriors
I mentioned one of my friends, Cathy on Day 10. Cathy and I were introduced by a mutual friend Lori who sensed that we might each find comfort in our circumstances by being able to share our stories and swap advice. Although Lori had walked through treatment for Ovarian Cancer with her mom, she didn’t […]
Day 20: Give Her A Gift of Hand Stamped Jewelry
There were so many people that reached out to me during my journey. The Lord will bring to mind those thoughtful acts of love at different times. When the annoying effects of Tamoxifen or the thoughts about what my body is missing try to get me down, I choose to think about all the ways […]
Day 19: Share Your Art…Again
One of my favorite forms of art is photography. There is just something about capturing a moment in time. Obviously I am a lover of words, but I also love when words need not be said. When my talented friend, Josh asked if he could take photos and put together a video of our family […]
Day 18: Help Her Celebrate Big
I was diagnosed about one month before my 34th birthday. Birthdays have always been important to me. I remember even trying to arrange my mastectomy surgery date so it was after my birthday. It didn’t work out that way and it was fine. But a few of my friends rescheduled my birthday and really did […]
Day 17: Hand Out Her Mailing Address
In the midst of treatment, I received more mail than usual. I have mentioned it before here when I talked about my passion for Christmas cards but I LOVE getting mail. There were a few people that I knew that sent me a handwritten note at least every week during those ten months. Then a […]
Day 16: Have Pinked Perspective Send Her A Kit
So could anyone have guessed this one might be included in 31 Days? It is only because of those that have so generously supported this idea that it can happen. The 2nd Annual Think Pink event far exceeded any of my expectations and gets me super excited about where God is leading this ministry. For […]
Day 15: Buy Her Some Pink Gear
Every October 1st, I am pumped to see what UnderArmor will put out for its “Power in Pink” line. UnderArmor is certainly not the only pink gear I would wear, it just happens that it has been my favorite. Probably for reasons like “She is a Fighter” and “Go Pink or Go Home” that are […]
Day 14: Pray For Her
The importance of this idea was made real to us yet again this week as we learned of my mother-in-law being in the hospital in the Hawaii. Speaking of feeling helpless, nothing like being 5000 miles from her with nothing to offer but worry. But then I started listening to my own writing and realized I […]
Day 13: Throw Her A Hat and Scarf Party
That first meeting with the breast surgeon and my nurse navigator is a bit of a blur. This was when I was given my formal diagnosis of breast cancer even though all the other appointments earlier that week had been pointing to this fact. As I may have mentioned before, I pretty much shut down […]
Day 12: Be Her Community
At our church, we have been doing a very engaging sermon series called Built, Loaded and Launched about what we are called to be as “the church”. Today was all about the launch. Pastor Pat asked several great questions to bring up the point that the church is meant to provide us a filter based […]
Day 11: Share Your Art
I am big on visual reminders. I have always said that I would hope the memory of what we went through would not fade (okay well some of it is welcome to fade). But all the love we were shown, the way God carried us through, the fact that we can’t control everything, and the […]
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