Off to the Retreat

I wanted to write a quick blog before I leave town. The house I am staying in does not have internet access but I will write my experiences and post them while I'm sitting in the airport on my way home on Sunday.

I am excited to be spending time with these 10 brave women. We are all metastatic breast cancer survivors. Some of us are still in treatment, some of us have been out of treatment for awhile. I think it is an incredible opportunity to link hands and heart and praise where we are now...for we are all alive, despite the odds. I need this in my life right now. I need strong and loving hands wrapped around me nourishing me with the miracle of hope. That is my expectation for the weekend. That we will encourage and enlighten each other and lift one another up into the glorious blinding light that is hope.

People tell me all the time how brave I am; how courageous. I don't know how much truth there is to that, I just keep putting one foot in front of the other and believing that the sun will rise tomorrow and I'll still be here. Kicking for one more day. If that is courage, then I accept that, but I think any of us would do the same thing. None of us wants to die, we all have so much to live for, so given similar circumstances I believe that you too would have all the courage you need to keep going. For the human condition is to live and to love. What I have learned about courage is that it is more effective when infused with hope. It is easier to be brave when you have hope for a future.

So I am going on a journey in search of renewed hope. My hope meter is waning and needs to be recharged and I think this is just the group of ladies to do it. Pray for good weather, no delays and lots of joy interlaced with the beauty of hope.