Comments on: Don’t say your world stopped [following a cancer diagnosis], you can make the choice today to turn it around so that your world will only just begin. It is a good experience to learn how to overcome a cancer diagnosis and to be in charge of your body rather than a victim. Laugh often – it is good medicine. – Allan, terminal colon cancer victor http://kathysdaughter.org/uncategorized/don%e2%80%99t-say-your-world-stopped-following-a-cancer-diagnosis-you-can-make-the-choice-today-to-turn-it-around-so-that-your-world-will-only-just-begin-it-is-a-good-experience-to-learn-how-to-ov/ This Daughter's Storybook Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:04:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Linda Calla http://kathysdaughter.org/uncategorized/don%e2%80%99t-say-your-world-stopped-following-a-cancer-diagnosis-you-can-make-the-choice-today-to-turn-it-around-so-that-your-world-will-only-just-begin-it-is-a-good-experience-to-learn-how-to-ov/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:38:55 +0000 http://kathysdaughter.org/?p=98#comment-120 Your writings are so touching. It was a privilege to read them. It looks like we share a birthday. If you have no plans, I’d love to have lunch with you!

]]> By: Aunt Carol http://kathysdaughter.org/uncategorized/don%e2%80%99t-say-your-world-stopped-following-a-cancer-diagnosis-you-can-make-the-choice-today-to-turn-it-around-so-that-your-world-will-only-just-begin-it-is-a-good-experience-to-learn-how-to-ov/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:51:55 +0000 http://kathysdaughter.org/?p=98#comment-118 Wow Terisa, I am honored and blessed to be your Aunt! You are not afraid of mountains sweety, cause you just climbed Mount Everest with this battle in your life and you did it with faith in God, courage, strength, determination to not give up and with grace & acceptance of your situation. God has a way of using people that have conquered battles in their lives and without a doubt, He will definetly use you to guide and comfort & encourage someone else that cant find the strength through their battle. Your words are beautiful and deep from your heart and I just want to say thank you for sharing your feelings and your fears with all of us.
Im sorry I havent been more in touch with you this past month, I cant wait for you to meet your new baby cousin, he’s just adorable!
Terisa, my dear, have a wonderful birthday, celebrate your beautiful life and all that you have! YOu are amazing:)
I love you!
Aunt Carol

]]> By: Dad http://kathysdaughter.org/uncategorized/don%e2%80%99t-say-your-world-stopped-following-a-cancer-diagnosis-you-can-make-the-choice-today-to-turn-it-around-so-that-your-world-will-only-just-begin-it-is-a-good-experience-to-learn-how-to-ov/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:19:15 +0000 http://kathysdaughter.org/?p=98#comment-116 If I only read one book this year, this one will be enough! Whew! About 3 paragraphs in, I say to myself “She is so smart!”

( I hear a chorus: So What else is new? )
Ok, I am just curious as to where she got it. Not from me, I am not that smart.

Happy Birthday! Such a casually made phrase. We say it as a wish, borrow it back from Hallmark, but it can be so much more. On the arrival of a child, it is a shout of announcement, a prayer of thanks. Reading these thoughts, I am reminded to celebrate mine, something I often forget. Terisa, thank you for putting a new bloom on Happy Birthday.

Kathy & I used to say that you carry our hearts with you, everywhere you go. We worried too much… We’re in Good Hands, happy you have my heart.

While a parent, I worried that I would not prepare my kids for the tempest. As they grew, I realized that I had not adequately prepared them for the joy.

Today, I don’t worry about that. Great way to start the morning!

Happy Birthday! and thanks, from my heart. 8/5/2009

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