This poster just made me Laugh, which is a good thing as I needed one today. It´s available from Cafe Press and I highly suggest all you gals get one and put it up in your bathroom, boudoir or anywhere you´re likely to have your girls out neckid as a reminder to do a quick check!
So 2 days ago I left my doctors office with the news that I had officially been initiated into the Ta-Ta Sisterhood. It appears that not only was the lemon sour, but somehow it was left to ferment a bit too long. My official diagnosis is IDC or Invasive Ductal Carcinoma. So much for it´s just cysts and fibrous tissue! I´ll most likely be slow on the blog front over the next few weeks as I rest and recover from my Mastectomy scheduled for this coming Tuesday.
When I was a young girl my father and I had the chance to ride in a hot-air balloon courtesy of a friend who had won it on a radio program. Along for the ride was a woman and her 80 yr old mother. Now to a kid, 80 is far out there old (sorry...but true) so the fact that she was up there taking a thrill ride made quite an impression. Imagine how gobsmacked I was to hear that she was scheduled to go hang-gliding the following weekend. Holy WOW Grandma you got some big bazoongaz!!! (or at least that´s what went through my head)
I will never forget that day. That day determined the course of my life. On that day, I vowed to be That woman. I didn´t make 10 or 20 yr plans...I didn´t say that I wanted to have a house and a car and a husband by the age of 30. On that day I vowed that by the age of 80 I wanted to be able to say that I had lived life to the fullest, no matter what, the good and the bad, I wanted to experience it, embrace it and Live it! I suppose in retrospect I probably should have added some fine print in there, but such as it is, this is my life...this is part of my experience.
I will face it, I will fight it and when I am 80 I will be able to say...I Lived it!
(And perhaps I´ll inspire some other pimple faced kid to utter under their breath...Holy Wow Granny..you got some big Bazoonga!)
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4 comments:
You're truly amazing Mari. Ismene and I are sending you all our positive thoughts and we know your strength and inspiration will beat this bugger. xxF & I
You are amazing, and you will make it happen!
Stay strong!
Love
Karin (the Swede)
Mari
Your so brave, this is a strange week as Mum too is under the chop the same day, same thing, It's a little ironic. Both of you have showed so much bravery these last couple of weeks. I have big thoughts on the fund raiser for October. I hope you will an inspiration to other women and be good to tell your story. Enjoy you dress, your dinner and your husband. Big Kiss.
Sara & Abella
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