Roski,

You're more than welcome. You deserve kind words.

Some of the things I really used to enjoy doing were decorating my home and exercising. I used to be really fit, but after going through that systems implementation where I spent so much time working, I guess I got really burned out. I kind of lost my motivation to do those things. I went through a period of time when I just wanted to sleep all the time. I still find it difficult to get myself out of bed when I really don't have to. I'd rather rest and take it easy now than to push myself to exercise or to decorate. Of course in order to decorate, the house has to be clean and I don't even feel like doing that anymore. I do force myself to clean, but not as often as I used to.

Anyway, enough of that. I wanted to share something with you that I found out today. It kind of made me stop and think about how luck I really am. There is a lady at work who is just the sweetest, dearest person you'd ever want to meet. She just turned 60 in August. She lost a son who died in a car accident many years ago. She has a daughter who is mentally challenged and within the last five years or so, found out her husband was cheating on her and went through a divorce.

After her divorce, things started looking up for her. She bought a townhouse and her other son and his wife moved back to the area from the mid west. They soon had a baby girl whom Marcia loved dearly and she was so very happy.....finally. Last year another grandchild, this time a boy was born. Marcia was elated. What more could she wish for?

Then she found out she had cancer and went through surgery and chemo. She only missed about nine weeks of work and just couldn't wait to get back. She continued her chemo treatments for a year I think and about three months ago was told that she was cancer free. Within the past six weeks she has been having a lot of trouble eating and last week went back into the hospital. Yesterday, they did tests and some exploratory surgery and today she found out that she has a new form of cancer and cannot be treated. They told her that she will not live through the end of the year. :-(

There were a couple of things that really stuck me about her. One is that her attitude remains positive even with death staring her in the face. Two is that she asked if she could come back to work. Three is that she said "why should I be afraid to die when I will be with Kenny?"
Kenny is her departed son. Marcia feels that God never gives us more than we can handle!

I know this is a rather long post, but I wanted to share this with you and others who may read it. It just really made me stop and think about how I have so many negative thoughts about so many minor things. When I look at Marcia I see a very strong woman who is such an inspiration. I could only hope to be one tenth as strong and as positive as she is.

Big Hugs,

Sherry