Inspiration

My blog, as of 8.30pm on 19.11.13 has had 4238 hits!!! That is truly spectacular !!   I had no idea that the blog would be so popular and I had under estimated the effect that it would have. I have had some great feedback and more importantly I have had friends and acquaintances in box me to share their 'inspirational' personal stories about cancer!

I felt a little bit of a fraud when I first received feedback about how inspirational, strong, courageous and 'amazing' I was. I did not feel I was any of these things!!... I just felt 'I am just me'........ however in  reflecting on all of this feedback , I now 'get 'why my story is having such an effect on people ....

.... This is much wider than 'me' .... This could be anyone's story.... If we pause a moment from our busy lives and look around us, there will be someone we know that is or has been affected by cancer in some way. I was reminded of this by L.H, someone I have never met that commented on a FB post about her mothers story. (Thank you L.H)

An old friend also shared her story about breast cancer that she fought privately with strength. You may not even know that some people around you are going though this pain.

I see that my strength and determination has accumulated through the trials and tribulations of my life and also because of the strength shown by my family and friends through their own stories!

There are just simply too many of my own inspirational people to mention;

My Son, has given me the most precious thing of all , unconditional love, from the moment he was born. I'm slightly biased , but Danny is just one of those charmed people that always brings out the best in people!

My parents have given me strength and fortitude, through their own battles with cancer and their premature deaths. They have given me some amazing brothers that have had their own stories of strength and  courage.

My darling friend Melonie, believed in me and was a rock when I was working my way through university and single parenthood!!

My gorgeous friend Viv. Through her own illness she has shown me how it should be done!!

So what is it all about? ........Having come face to face with my own mortality, I see that if there is any purpose to all of this for me, that it is to share my stregnth and be inspirational,  in exactly the same way that everyone that has faced cancer has done!!!

I am excited by this purpose.......a life trully worth living!