I'm very behind - but in a way, that's a good thing!

I'm very behind in updating this blog and hope to catch up soon! Maybe this little note will help me on my way to being caught.

Overall, it's a good thing that I am behind - Mom finished her chemo treatments a while ago! Yay! No more chemo! I think that was in September....

Now she's on to radiation in Midland. So far, she hasn't had any of the typical side effects from radiation. In speaking to my dad this evening, he mentioned that she's starting to feel tired - but having to drive into Midland from Greenwood 5 days a week to go to a doctor's office and then back home again would be exhausting for anyone!

And just a quick note of explanation: I say that it's good that I'm behind because this cancer has not made itself a big part of our life! It has not defined who my mom is, who we are as a family, etc....

The best way to explain it is this: The first weekend of November, Mom and Melanie hopped on a bus with several ladies from Greenwood Baptist for a fun trip to the Canton Trade Days. Along the way, they played "Get to Know You" games. During one game, Mom had to tell the group 10 things about herself.

Of the 10 things that she shared, having cancer was not one of them! The fact that she had had two lumpectomies, gone through several weeks of chemotherapy and was about to start radiation did not make its way into her description about herself in the least bit. And she didn't even realize it until afterwards!

To me - that is absolutely amazing. And something that's really hard to put into words. I'll have to work on that. For now, I'm just celebrating the freedom that my Mom feels in seeing that breast cancer has nothing to do with who she is.