It’s day 2 of the A-Z challenge! This post goes out to Ella-Mae, my first clinic nurse when I was diagnosed in 2004. After a few months, she transferred to adult oncology, but we have kept in touch for the last 10 years. She suggested B is for beautiful and elaborated, “how you are inside and out, through chemo, scares, tribulations, and being away from the life you knew.” Some people would call that brave. Some people call it beautiful. I wasn’t trying to be either. I stayed positive because it was the only thing I could control when everything else seemed to be falling apart. I kept fighting because I didn’t see any other option. I’m friends with many other cancer survivors and they’re some of the most beautiful people I know. After all they’ve been through, they’re always giving back: volunteering at camp, studying to become nurses or doctors, or raising money for organizations that supported them during treatment. Their scars show their strength and resilience after all they’ve overcome. Everyone is fighting their own battles, which you may or may not be able to see. I’m incredibly thankful that I learned this at a young age because it’s made me much more appreciative and compassionate and allowed me to surround myself with beautiful friends. Beautiful people, to me, are much more than a pretty face. They are good for the mind, not just the eyes. They are the ones who have learned from their experiences and mistakes, big or small, and have become better rather than bitter as a result. They know it’s better to be unique than a copy of someone else. Surround yourself with these people, the ones who build you up instead of knocking you down, the ones you’d still be drawn to even if you were blind – they’ll be friends for life.
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4/3/2015 04:05:50 am
this is simply beautiful. stay brave :) thanks for sharing!
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4/6/2015 12:30:04 pm
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4/3/2015 04:53:58 am
Beautiful quote about beautiful people! We definitely need to surround ourselves with the kind of beautiful people that are beautiful from the inside out. :)
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4/6/2015 12:31:28 pm
Thank you! Good luck with your A-Z challenge!
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AuthorI’m Karen. I was originally diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) in August 2004 when I was 10 years old. When I was working on my college and scholarship application essays two years ago, I wrote about my journey. Although it was a rough few years, it became such an influential part of my life that I can’t, and wouldn’t want to, imagine my life without having had cancer. I called it the worst best thing that ever happened to me. Archives
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