Category: Human Experience
A human experience is why we have come to this world. We came here to deal with the messy emotions and to experience the struggle. We did not come here to be perfect.
Human beings, unlike other species, have a conscious awareness of their own mortality. Our human experience covers the mental, emotional, spiritual and physical characteristics of human life.
Humans are aware of the irony that they are both brilliant and aberrant, sensitive and savage, exquisitely caring and painfully indifferent, remarkably creative and incredibly destructive to self and others.
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Breast Cancer came to many American’s awareness when Betty Ford was diagnosed as First Lady. It was 1974 and it would be the year that my mother would start her battle with Breast Cancer right after my youngest brother was born. My mother had just turned 30 and at the time that was pretty […]
Cabin Fever
There are times in our lives that we experience cabin fever. You know what I mean, you are stuck home inside for many days and cannot get out because of one reason or another. My cabin fever is a result of my double mastectomy 12 days ago. This is the second surgery I have had […]
Today I have a double mastectomy
Today I have a double mastectomy and I am every emotion wrapped into a mess that sits here writing. Some say this is elective, others say that I really have no choice. One thing is for sure, I am not the only one that is going through this today, this week or this year. […]
Focus on the new… have faith everything will make sense!
Focus on the new when I am reeling from a situation? Seriously?!!! Sounds rather trite doesn’t it? Well let me share something that happened to me and it has helped me focus on the new rather than whatever is lost. I am a little in shock, then I realize God removes things, situations and […]
Road to Recovery
On May 14th I had my first surgery in my BRCA2 journey and I am on the road to recovery. It is quite jarring to discover that you have a genetic mutation that interrupts your body’s ability to fight certain cancers. I wasn’t entirely sure what I would experience with this surgery. So […]
A litle patience perhaps?
A little patience is not something that I always have. I get it. We all want it now. The immediacy of the internet has created a connection that we can find out anything we want instantly. Like not all answers can be found using Google, it is also important to understand that everything takes time. […]
For your entertainment….
For your entertainment – a way to think about positivity. Being positive helps you cope with the negativity that is thrown your way. Too often there are people around you that want to see you fail and be miserable. They find joy in the misery of others. If you are going through a rough time, […]
Answers are not always easily found…
Easily found answers in this BRCA2 journey I am currently on are just not that–well easy. Search hashtags like #BRCA2 #previvor #mastectomy and you get a flurry of information that just is not easy to digest. You hear more horror stories than the uplifting reassuring ones. There is a ton of advise on the inter-webs. […]
What is the lesson?
I am trying to understand what the lesson I am to learn at this point. Then I came across this thought and it all became clearer. I have been focusing on the hurt part, not the lesson that Spirit is trying to teach me. Today I have decided to shake off the hurt, wipe my […]
What it means to have the BRCA2 Gene Mutation
Well, actually I have have the gene mutation all my life, it has been a week since I got the results. I now have a bunch of Dr. appointments to start making decisions. I go between relief and anger. Angry that I have waited so long to test knowing my family history. Relief that I […]