MY LIFE-LINE......

God didn't promise days without pain.....laughter without sorrow or sun without rain.  But God did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears and light for the way....

In March of 2000... the news hit us hard....you know  Some want a new house...a new car...a new iphone...to lose weight..... but to someone battling cancer, all they want is to win the battle....and so far she has beat the battle.  My mom... my lifeline...

It's a terrible disease that affects millions of lives.  It affects sons and daughters and husband and wives.  People take the news different kinds of ways, it makes some people cry and some people pray and fall down to their knees.  But you've got to be strong, to beat this disease, this fight can be won, believe it or not, you just have to put your faith in God and pray a whole lot!

Thats exactly what my mom did.... she turned it over to God...and we never stopped prayin

The day is still so vivid.... my mom home in Missouri, my dad here in California.. the dreadful words.."I have breast and lymphatic cancer"  Immediately my dad got on a plane and flew home.... In May, she had a mascestamy, i was there, when the doctor came and told us, not only breast cancer, but lymphatic cancer...few months later, chemo treatment started.  Her brother Ken and sister-in-law Johna were there to take her to her first treatment.  This was the biggest challenge in her life, she was so sick... a monster chasing a monster....

One month later, a clump of hair had fallen and found its place on her pillow.... it was time to just get a haircut....

haircut day.....the before...

mohawk time!! and she still smiles...

It was very difficult to be 2000 miles away from my mom during this battle... because she is my world, my strenght...at times all i could do was cry, every nite I'd pray.  Every night when the shiniest star twinkles and gleams... I smile, close my eyes and keep the the happy sight of my mom in my head....and dream a happy dream.

Not only are you my lifeline... you light up my life! I love you more each day!

CANCER can do alot of things... yet CANCER "cannot do alot of things...

It cannot cripple love

it cannot shatter hope

it cannot eat away peace

it cannot destroy confidence

it cannot kill friendships

it cannot silence courage

it cannot shut out memories

it cannot reduce eternal life

it cannot squash the spirit

omgoodness with no hair, then the decision....wig??? hat??? bandana??? or....

yes, BALD is beautiful!

On Christmas Eve, after all family and friends had come and gone, my mom decided to take her wig off... well not everyone was gone..... Steve Dunnigan and Renee sitting in the kitchen and steve decided to wear my moms wig and her wear his baseball hat!

nice look steve...

a baseball hat anytime over a wig!!! these 2 kept us laughing!

yes, to sexy  for their hair!!! both good sports!

It's always better to have a sense of humor and laugh alittle, instead of crying!

One of many hats.....

My mother, my hero... never lost the faith, never quit fighting, never quit praying, she had so many reasons to fight.  She knows the meaning of life and no doubt continues to live LIFE...

Life is an opportunity... benifit from it...

Life is beautiful...admire it...

Life is a dream.. realize it...

Life is a challenge...meet it...

Life is a duty....complete it...

Life is a game... play it...

Life is a promise... fulfill it...

Life is sorrow...overcome it....

Life is a song...sing it...

Life is a struggle... accept it...

Life is an adventure..dare it...

most important....

LIFE IS LIFE.. FIGHT FOR IT.....

My mom is an inspritation to everyone she meets....  she loves the Lord, worships Him and gives Him all the glory and praise!  I have never heard a "not-nice" word come from her,  I believe ALL things are possible if you try your hardest and God promises' us that He will never leave us or forsake us! I believe everything happens for a reason

Everyday is a new day...I followed my mom on her journey, thru the good and the bad.  I know the road is not always straight, its not paved, it can be bumpy and is full of lessons to be learned, yet untill our body hurts from every hair focile to our toes, or untill we walk a day in her shoes,  i still believe that all things are possible if you try your hardest...I believe EVERYTHING happens for a reason.

I believe in God, I believe in living your life to your greatest potiental, and i believe with His

AMAZING GRACE.....my mom will continue to live her life to her greatest potiental, let her light shine, and wont let Saten blow it out!

my MOM....my lifeline......

and with His AMAZING GRACE.......