tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192031313610865107.post1075791697158733864..comments2023-10-30T03:02:05.550-07:00Comments on dontwasteyourcancer: our new startlibbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13276192531203696999noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192031313610865107.post-55145365589419064292011-03-22T09:17:39.541-07:002011-03-22T09:17:39.541-07:00I LOVED the post today. You summed up it all...an...I LOVED the post today. You summed up it all...and so did those that commented thus far! All was the same for me, almost. I started blogging when I got sick, and now continue, but I now do it for my girls, think of it as an online scrapbook. <br />Wanting to hold onto that closeness with the Lord after cancer....you were right on. I strive daily for that closeness. I am NOT (thank God) the same person I was. Many of us know cancer changes us, and it does, but for me....it was accepting the evolving me. We know God loves us all, but accepting who we really are, that's different. Cancer gave me that ability to accept that God truly loved me, and I was worthy of that love, that I was confident in that love....to truly realize it. <br />Looking in the mirror, well that's different I remember passing a mirror and thinking who is that? My hair came in and changed all colors. I kept it dark (not my before color), this Christmas my husband asked me to change it light, and my family has loved it. I never would have thought it meant so much, mainly because when I lost my hair I felt freedom at having it no longer define me, but now I realize that I define it. For my family and friends it is a sign I am healthy, and for five years they had the feeling...wow what hair and color can do....the trick...own it. You are alive...I had to wait two years after cancer to get it, but I got my nose pierced...I did it for me. I never wanted to forget. I want to look in the mirror and remember that I am healthy, I am no longer scared of death, and I am loved.<br />Yes, cancer will be less of a memory, but as with many things a smell, a word, or a taste will take you slamming back. When it does remind yourself....miracles happen...I am proof!Nahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01608181013210673082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192031313610865107.post-78836878368590452502011-03-22T06:02:17.087-07:002011-03-22T06:02:17.087-07:00I think this is a wonderful post!! If this is the...I think this is a wonderful post!! If this is the one you were having trouble with, the one that got deleted.. you did great! I love what you say about feeling like you can do it on your own not, but that you step back and realize you still absolutely need the Lord just as much now as you did then.Seashells and Southern Belleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06878499558427399101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192031313610865107.post-34114279020403429352011-03-21T20:10:58.926-07:002011-03-21T20:10:58.926-07:00Great post Libby. I miss you all...if you take pos...Great post Libby. I miss you all...if you take post requests I would love an Ava post...maybe even some pictures.Ted and Shirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685495781642500015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192031313610865107.post-54690713865551606892011-03-21T19:33:18.914-07:002011-03-21T19:33:18.914-07:00so proud of you lib. you did it. Jesus is all the ...so proud of you lib. you did it. Jesus is all the more beautiful to you and He received all the glory...so YOU my sweet friend, you passed the test!! I am so honored to stand by at watch how you all walk out your lives, living each and every moment for our beautiful Savior. <br />I love you so much!<br /><br />and p.s. hehehe you know.....you don't HAVE to have some big excuse like cancer to have people *cough* like me *cough* come over and help you out! ;) I will be waiting to hear from you to have me come over and help!! With ANYTHING!Hannah Leilanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619854481411029488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192031313610865107.post-26417512274024680232011-03-21T19:25:42.550-07:002011-03-21T19:25:42.550-07:00Looking forward to reading how God blesses you thr...Looking forward to reading how God blesses you through this new part of your journey! Thank for you inspiring me.Kristiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165436471019739814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192031313610865107.post-30518527523810410082011-03-21T17:41:34.053-07:002011-03-21T17:41:34.053-07:00your a new kind of beautiful now .your a new kind of beautiful now .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192031313610865107.post-75831625602511591942011-03-21T16:44:55.958-07:002011-03-21T16:44:55.958-07:00Libby -
I loved your post today, but then again, t...Libby -<br />I loved your post today, but then again, they've all been so good, so true, so honest. I can relate to what you're feeling. I had my last chemo treatment last October (I lost all my hair & wore wigs for many months). But, now my hair is growing back in - it's ultra short & ultra dark (I've always been blond). I pass friends & neighbors in traffic & wave & they truly have no idea who I am. It's the strangest thing. I feel like me on the inside & I feel like my life should be normal again, but then I walk by a mirror, look & it doesn't look anything like me. It's troubling & a little bit haunting somedays, and I know I shouldn't be so shallow ... but I so want to look like myself again - the healthy me. I miss my hair so very much, but I think I probably miss more what it represents (& that would be that I didn't have cancer when I had my hair - or at least, I didn't know I had it). This is probably very good for me ... to truly learn that my identity rests in Christ alone & not what I look like or if I feel like I look pretty. It's still hard, though, and somedays, harder than others. We have prayed for you daily (& sometimes more!) since we found your blog last August. We are SO, SO thankful that you are cancer-free. Please post soon & let us know if there is anything new with your Mom. We've been praying for her, as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192031313610865107.post-61626650418148574712011-03-21T16:17:28.677-07:002011-03-21T16:17:28.677-07:00yup, leaving a long comment. you deserve it.
thank...yup, leaving a long comment. you deserve it.<br />thank you for being honest in this post because you touched on something i know i struggle with and many others do too. trusting the lord and relying on Him when things seem to be going just fine and dandy without Him. wrong. without Him, we are nothing, we are broken, we are empty. at times i hate this defeatist attitude, but when it comes down to it, it is the truth. our identities are in Christ, therefore, without Him, who are we?<br />your post reminded me that i have to accept Christ now, today, this very moment. despite the successes i might think are all my own, thy are His and i am nothing without Him. thank you libby, for helping me remember that.<br />praying for you today, really praying, not just saying that and casually thinking about it. bowing my head, thanking God for everything He has done in this life, and praying for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com