A Bend in the Road...it is indeed cancer....

"Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces into their hearts."
- Martin Buxbaum

Well, today I heard the words I truly didn't expect to hear, "yes it is cancer." I had my regularly scheduled mammogram earlier in October. Just like last year, I was called back for a follow-up....calcifications, but not to worry (last year). This year, they followed the "follow-up" with a needle biopsy, AND an MRI.....and a surgical consult (which I went to today) at which point I was finally told that yes, it is indeed cancer. The good news in all this...is that it's small, and early, so...depending on what they find (or don't) in the lymph nodes... will determine what follows. Yeah, I will blog about it as I'm able. (meaning- as I find out anything I can & have time to post).

Mix in with all this - moving two recent college grads to another state, helping them set up apartments, ready to start new jobs, new lives...and it's been rather hectic. I've had three really exciting commissions this month to keep me focused....believe me, that's been the best thing...to have this wonderful scene to 'escape to'. But I'm guessing people have been wondering "so where's the daily paintings"...hence the explanation....and they may get a little more sporadic as this progresses. We'll see. (But yes, I hate not posting to Daily Painters as of late!).

But I ask of blog-readers, if you believe in the 'power of prayer', please put me on your list! If you're not the "praying sort", well, consider giving it a whirl....you may be surprised to find what it brings to your life as well as mine!