08/05/2026
1️⃣3️⃣ Wow! Chapter 13!! And yes I celebrate the anniversary of my cancer. To me, it’s rebirth, an opportunity to keep on living, loving and surviving.
I’ve been reading a book of short stories where every little chapter is its own plot and character introduction. It hardly seems like I get to know what is going on before the next chapter, the next story. It’s definitely different from a regular book where each chapter builds upon the next. But yet, there is an invisible string, an undercurrent of hope and loss, mourning and moving forward.
That’s sometimes how all of these chapters after cancer feel at times. There was the I’m just gonna go out there and live big chapter. There was the I’m gonna be everything healthy chapter. There was the travel chapter and never miss a birthday on Facebook. There was the medical hangover chapter. Each year a tiny capsule of survivorship. There was the exploring Jesus chapter (even though Jesus was there in every chapter). The take a chance chapter, the move across country chapter, the I’m not defined by my job chapter…
So as I start Chapter 13, I am thanking God for every day, every blessing, every chapter. And while 13 has its own notoriety, I feel like the luckiest girl!
Here’s to Chapter 13 📚 and the invisible string 🧵
