Today is the day of the Komen More Than Pink Walk in Bloomington, Illinois. It is the first time I have participated in a fundraiser like this. I am excited that I am able to do this 4+ years after my diagnosis of MBC. Komen has a strong presence in St. Louis and at Siteman Cancer Center.
I am blessed with friends and family who make me feel like I am home when I am with them. They know what to say and when to say it. People closest to me have said I’m naive. My therapist says that extend grace freely. Either way, it is this quality that causes me the most heartache and disappointment. This week has been full of it.
Love breaks and burns and ends. But today, with grace, it begins again. Today, on a beautiful, brisk fall morning, I will walk a fun mile and be recognized with other breast cancer survivors. Today, I will meet, in person, other people with breast cancer and metastatic breast cancer. Today, and everyday, with the grace of God, I am allowed to begin again.
I am not in control. 