Climbing at our own speed…
“You’re strong enough to rise above most any troubled time…
Today may be a mountain,
but you were born to climb.”
Words on a Hallmark card I gave to Leroy many years ago because I wanted him to know that even though we both knew his cancer would eventually take his life, his courage and will to live would be the part of his struggle I would remember for the rest of my life.
The hard days of aches and pain and feeling like it would have been so much easier to give into the disease than stand-up and face it like he did for so many months..years even, showed me a strength in him that I admire to this day.
Cancer is not for the weak at heart.
No one can challenge it without support and love and a lot of lifting.
It was the worst of a life experience, but it brought out the best in him, in so many ways.
I can think of so many others, going through it now, who are climbing that mountain at their own speed.
April 1, 2013 @ 7:50 pm
It brought out the best in both of you. He might have created this garden but you have tended it well.
You have kept this place special and spot where folks can find that break, that peace that just might make the difference.
I do have to agree with Al there is that special spot for all you caregivers.
April 1, 2013 @ 7:14 pm
It also brought out he very best in you Laurie. Adversity is revealing….the good, the not so good and then the very best! Caregivers everywhere are mostly silent, doing what needs to be done no matter the task, quietly, often with little to no sleep, stress that is off the charts, patience stretched beyond the limit yet…caregivers soldier on and on until the task is done or someone helps them out. Angels do walk among us…I do believe this and have seen it. They are usually caregivers doing what is necessary at this particular moment or circumstance to bring comfort and relief to the suffering or to those who can no longer care for themselves. There is a special place in Heaven for caregivers.