December 6, 2017 - Purpose
So, before I write any more posts
on this topic let me answer the question, “Why I am writing and recording this?”
Three reasons come to mind.
1. It is a way to keep folks informed
without having to restate time and time again, all that has/is going on.
2. I can let everyone know what I am really
feeling / thinking in the moment. In so doing, it will require me to think it
through.
3. This can serve as a record of my
journey.
Like I referenced above, this is not our family’s first foray into the
cancer battle. In 2010 my wife was diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast
Cancer. She fought a valiant fight, and is cancer free today. I kept an ongoing
log of her journey on the site Caring Bridge and posted links on social media.
You can read that here https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/kaymann
as it is still online. I learned three things from writing
that.
1. It helped people who genuinely
wanted to know what was going on to keep informed. It allowed them an insight
into the journey. I was thanked so often by folks for keeping that information
updated.
2. Even today, after having bound
copies printed, it serves as our record of what we endured.
3. It was therapeutic for me to write
it.
The goals are quite similar. I
imagine the outcomes will be too. The biggest difference is this one is in
first person.
2 comments:
Oh Terry, how i hated to hear this news. There just are no words for things like this. But thank you for courageously sharing your journey, and know you are being lifted up daily in my prayers.
We ask for prayers for your recovery at Grace community Presbyterian Church in Lower Burrell. Our hearts and prayers to you and your family.
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