EMBRACING THE PAST, HELPS THE PRESENT.
"Your stronger than you ever realized, without a doubt." For the last 15 years, I was now stable with my depression. I was still taking medication, but my coping skills got me to the point where psychiatrist intervention wasn't needed. I was managing my own home and full- time job. I was actually getting be to know myself. March of 2021, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I want to say my world started crumbling again, but for some reason I didn't feel alone and isolated like I had in the past when bad news came. I had the support of my new spouse, my adult children, family and even friends. Being emotionally healthy helped me more than I realized. I was still in shock at the thought. For so many years in my life, my emotional pain crippled my will to live. I was now faced with a disease that could kill me, and I wanted it gone! I listened intently to my doctor's because I wanted to live! My particular kind was grade 3 and spread to...