LIVING with HOPE AND CANCER

As if I am going to live.... Lots of people don't know what to say to me. That's okay. I remember being at a loss for words, wondering what to say to someone who has cancer. It's easier to know from this side, from inside the body that is fighting. Can I help you?

Saturday, April 08, 2006

If That Was the Last Time You Saw Me...

Know that I'm dancing! Know that I'm happy! Know that you will always be in my heart.
Know that I love you - this is easy for me to say, as I am at odds with no one.
Know that I've enjoyed my life - it has been filled with amazing joy and delight. I've found life to be astonishingly beautiful.
Know that the challenges didn't destroy me and the discouragement never lasted.
Know that gratitude has been my key - gratitude and hope and wonder. I hope you won't miss any of it - any of the wonders that surround you.
Know that the end, here, is saturated with peace - I've been close enough to know that.
I'm alive - I'm in life - you'll see me again. We'll talk again. We'll laugh again.

I have complete assurance about where I'm going - it's a trip I've looked forward to, while enjoying life here. Dennis and I have come to really enjoy living in the tension of how wonder-filler life here has been - yet, knowing that someday, one day, we'll be making the ultimate transition from here to there! From wonder to wonder!

I've talked with God - I know Him - He is not an idea - the reality of Him is staggering, breath-taking, life-changing. We took a chance - got outside of the box of "normal" and never regretted a second of it.

Know that I am free-range now! Tethered to nothing but love, dancing with Anna Larkin, Donald Morgan, and Jesus.

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