Today I turned 50 years old, I have Stage IV Inflammatory Breast Cancer, other health issues possibly caused by or at least caused in part by the cancer (diabetes, blood clot) . . . . . and I’m happy.
I know those things don’t always go together; in fact, they haven’t always gone together for me. But, I have so much love in my life, so many incredible friends, family members, and a tremendous church family. I have the best son in the world. They lift me up, my faith lifts me up, and I feel extremely blessed and lately very happy.
I am LIVING. I might be living with cancer, but the key word there is LIVING. LIFE. I may have a scary diagnosis, but I also have an awesome oncologist, so many people praying for me, and a faith that builds me up. I have no idea how much time I have on this earth, but I’m going to squeeze as much LIFE out of it as I can.
In spite of the cancer and the other medical problems, I feel incredibly blessed.
LIVING and BLESSED = a happy heart.
That’s all kinds of WIN, in my book. 
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Cross-posted to Mothers With Cancer.
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Happy Birthday, sweet jude! xoxo
Happy birthday to you
LOVE your attitude….wish all women could be so positive in the face of adversity…. you have my respect and my sincere admiration….
T.
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Thank you, Betsy.
Thanks, T. I’m not always this positive, and the attitude has come over time and has been hard-won. I give God the glory for the improved attitude. I know I’ll still have my difficult times with all of this, but I also think that if I keep on reading the Bible, keep on praying, and keep leaning on my incredible friends for support, I’ll do better than I have in the past. It’s definitely not easy living with such adversity, but I thank God for how happy and blessed I’ve felt lately.