and so it is

and so it is.

i got the news today.

more dcis. nowhere near the other lot. limits my options. greatly. kapow.

when your little pocket of life is turned. inside out. and round about. where is it that you turn. in what. or whom. do you trust. and cling to.

when all around my soul gives way. he then is all my hope and stay.

and so it is.

image: ffion flickr and freckled cup

curve ball

sometimes life throws you a curve ball. perhaps i knew one was coming. perhaps that's why i started this blog. today of all days i got the news.

dcis breast cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ. yes me.

so what to do? I choose. to look at this as good news. not quite the good news I was hoping for. but good news all the same. non-invasive. contained. and to say well....why not me?

so i look upward to God and say thanks. thanks for the ride. thanks for my rocks. for my husband who holds my hand and sheds a tear for me. for my kids who cuddle me and say it will all be ok. and friends and family who come out of the woodwork and say ok. let's go. i'm here. i love you.

you are my sunshine. my only sunshine. you make me happy when skies are grey.

indeed. you do.

Photo: from the beautiful lobster and swan.