Having been raised in the Midwest I'm often drawn back to that area in memory. While reading the latest issue of Midwest Living yesterday I spotted an enticing article advertising a lazy summertime cruise along the Great Lakes from Chicago to Toronto with multiple stops along the way. Since the onset of cancer I find myself responding to possibilities for future activities such as these with an instinctive "but what if...?" and again I become aware of how casually I have taken for granted my life and my future. This journey is re-shaping my appreciation for every minute of the gift of life and for my family and friends who inhabit it, and again I thank God.
"A man's heart plans his way but the Lord directs his steps."-Proverbs 16:9 (NKJV)
On the health front, things are looking good. My energy level has allowed for some good walks and with a nap during the day I end the day in pretty good shape, all things considered.
I'm looking forward to Thursday and the wrap-up appointment with my medical oncologist and last infusion chemotherapy in preparation for the next leg of the journey. Please continue in prayer...I'm definitely not looking forward to the next step!
Barb,
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I have shared this poem with you before, but your post this morning brought it once again to mind.
love, j
i thank You God for most this amazing day
By e e cummings
i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes
(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun’s birthday;this is the birth
day of life and love and wings:and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)
how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any-lifted from the no
of all nothing-human merely being
doubt unimaginably You?
(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)
Beautiful....and perfect.
DeleteThank you, Jan, and I love you very much.