Moments of Ordinary

Since pancreatic cancer has taken hold of our lives, it's often been a struggle to live in the moment.  To just enjoy the days as they unroll.  We hover.  We worry.  We wonder.  Will this be the last birthday, the last summer, the last vacation.... When days are bad, we automatically begin preparing for the worst.  When days are good, we sabotage the blessing with pondering how long the "feeling good" will last.

Cancer consumes.  Our bodies, our thoughts, our moments...

But.  Living in the now.  Loosening the grip of fearful anticipation.  That's hard.  Takes discipline, sheer will and buckets of grace.

And every now and then we are given that gift.  We forget that cancer is looming.  We are freed from the pressing worries and spirits soar.  Like this weekend.  Moments of ordinary.   Simple joys.

Dividing the Iris bed and spreading the prolific bulbs around the landscaping:

Discovering an unexpected bloom amongst the Autumn foilage.  A Re-Blooming Iris in October!

Splurging on White Chocolate Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake:

And enjoying the best, Feel-Good movie we've seen in ages:

Dolphin Tale



Take your family.  Take yourself.  The true story of a young dolphin who loses her tail in a crab trap.  A fatherless boy, a motherless girl and the people in their lives who join together with compassion to turn this tragedy into a triumph.  This movie will inspire.  Will take you to another place.  Where cancer takes a backseat to the sheer joy of living, not just surviving.  But Living.  With handicaps, with illness, with ordinary, less-than-perfect families.  Triumphing in the Living.

That's Living in the Moment.  Pure Grace.