Let Us Love One Another

It is Sunday, May 4, 2014.  There is snow on the ground and frost covering everything.  Our forecast predicts that snow showers will continue for the day.  All I can say is that ‘I love Canada’ and I really do.   Spring will come quickly when it does show up.

As of now, I have just finished round 2 of my Carboplatin and Gemcitabine chemo combo.  I am not sure what I think about going for treatment on both day 1 and day 8.  The main issue I see with it is that I do not have time to forget what the last treatment was like before I am going in for my next.  Last week my 19 year old son was driving me in to the Tom Baker and in a moment of anxiety I said to him, “Why am I doing this?”.  He replied quite frankly, “Because you are not stupid, Mom”.

That was exactly what I needed to hear to walk into the cancer centre with renewed confidence.  My blood counts are currently somewhere below where they should be and so tomorrow morning I will be starting on antibiotic to protect me from infections that I do not have, yet but that may be lurking.  I am assuming that the doctors have done this before and so I will do as they request.

I am so blessed with wonderful friends and family!  This includes my homeopath, Lynda for her constant attention, the kind people from church who cleaned my house this past week and my family doctor who told me, “If anyone can beat this, it will be you”.  Thank you to everyone for the love that you show me. Even small gestures of caring are very much appreciated. I pray that I can reflect that love back to you.

1 John 4:7-8  Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.  Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

May we all love and feel loved! God bless! :)