Finally. I’m ready to open the letter. It’s a chicken I must thank for my new-found strength. Yep, that’s right. A chicken.
I realise now (thanks to this chicken), there’s no point hiding. Shit’s gonna shit on you eventually… if it feels like it. It has on me before.
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The letter arrived on a perfect day.
Continue reading“Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen.”
It was a motto I (mostly) lived by until something wonderful didn’t happen. When I was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma-in-situ of the cervix, it hit me hard. Fear took over my life and at every turn I felt blocked. It was like all the wonderful things in my life had been taken away — even my own children. How could I enjoy them when, in my mind, I didn’t have much longer left to live?
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