Dancing Through Cancer; She is Illuminated

If love was enough 09/2023 If love were enough there would be no wars, No loud booms followed by terrifying screams, the kind that haunts you for life. There would be no violence, no hatred or fear. No one would become ill or die, and we would love more. So.Much.More.Love.❤️ There would be no silent suffering by the young girl in the bathroom stall, purging until her emotions are dull and she lay down on the dirty floor in exhaustion. She tries to find peace. If love were enough I could save him from his delusions. I would tell him he was and is good enough, and that his heart is pure. I would tell him he can come back from this and still live a beautiful life. That it’s not all ruined and that he deserves to be happy. He will be happy again if he can just fight a little harder to get through this difficult stage. If love were enough he would have lived for forever, because his soul was pure. He was pure. He deserved to be free. Maybe he is free now, and it is better. He ...

The Rebuild. Tw: mental health/cancer When your body betrays you and you are forced to be still, you might be surprised that magical things can happen. Light can come from darkness. Beauty can come from pain. Growth can come from rain. During a time of challenge that feels like a life altering or life ENDING catastrophe, you may not realize that maybe things are falling apart so they can be rebuilt. So that they can be even better than before. Better than you could have even imagined. When you are faced with darkness and death in such a real way, you are forever changed. It evolves your world into something new. I have been very blessed in my life, as an able bodied human with only minor bumps and bruises along the road, a few medical issues like broken bones, a few surgeries, but nothing out of the ordinary. I was an athlete my entire childhood and worked out my whole life, and I was always strong and competitive. My body always did what I told it to, and as you’ll learn by...