Last year when I began my food blog, Always Eat On The Good China,
I developed the name after reading a letter that Erma Bombeck wrote
after she knew she was dying from cancer. I even put a quote from her
on my side bar from that I found extremely poignant.
It was around that same time
that I had an appendicitis attack - I still have my appendix and it had
been chronic since I was 9 years old. Or at least I thought I was
having an appendicitis attack. We now know that I was having pain from
my ovary that was growing into a cantalouped size mass.
Fortunately for me at my well
woman exam the doctor noticed what she thought was an enlarged uterus
and she ordered an ultrasound. That was on the Tuesday after Christmas.
As I write this I'm preparing
for the battle of my life, but as you read it I am, God willing, laying
in a hospital bed preparing to go home in time to watch the superbowl
with hubby and recover from an ovarian cancer tumor reductive surgery.
We won't yet know the extent of the pathology until sometime next week,
but we are prayerful that it was all contained within the tumor itself
and that the abdominal surgery recovery is the worst we need to
overcome.
It
did make me think though about the letter Erma Bombeck wrote entitled,
If I had My Life to Live Over and decided to offer up a short piece of
my own to ponder.
IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER
I would make changes as I'm sure we all would, but they would be small changes - everyday changes.
I would use my favorite fruit infused soap everyday instead of trying to stretch it to last forever.
I would eat more salads, fruits and veggies despite the additional cost. I eat quite a few now, but more are always better.
I would take a nap when I really
want or need one instead of thinking I needed to fill every moment of
every day with productive business.
I would take more time to slow down and truly smell the roses, listen to the birds sing and children laugh.
I would take more time to help stray animals and lonely elders.
I would forgive more readily and love even more often.
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