What? I have breast Cancer?

It was two years ago today around 5:30 PM when I received the phone call from my doctor.  I was really waiting to hear "It was nothing, all is good," and instead I hear, "Unfortunately it is cancer."  As I state in my previous post I had several thoughts running through my mind.  The first people in my life I contacted was my husband, of course, who had just taken our Son to the park to practice baseball.  I then sent a text to my Mom, and two of my closest friends.  Within seconds, all three had called me to talk to me in person.  One of my closest friends happens to be our preacher's wife.  She immediately got a hold of several of our Elders (we actually call them Shepherds) from church and their wives and they all showed up to our house to pray over us a couple of hours later.

What emotions did I have?  I went through so many in such a short amount of time.  I remember being scared, sad, in disbelief, angry and numb.  I kept thinking, what could I have done better? After all, I exercised nearly everyday, ate right and drank a lot of water.  Maybe it was all the water in those plastic bottles or maybe it was the dessert I had last week or the candy I got in my stocking at Christmas.  I drove myself crazy trying to figure out how this happened to me. 

Then I went through the "What did I do wrong?  Am I being punished for something?" stage.  I finally realized it does not matter how or why this happened but how am I going to fight this.

When my friend asked me if it was OK to call the Shepherds to come over and pray, at first I thought, NO!  They have family and are probably doing something more important.  Then I thought, this is a battle and we need all the help we can get and what better way to begin a battle than to have a group of people praying over us.  Even though I continued to have a range of extreme
emotions, there was something powerful and comforting to know that people in my church that I consider friends had my back in this warfare.  They were there to walk with my family in anyway we needed.

I encourage you to seek out those people in your life that you can trust to help you on this journey.

My sweet family today........two years later!