October 2020
Telling the Story Again
October 20 ,2020
In 2009, I (Carlee) began to blog as a way of updating the army of caring, praying people about my battle with cancer. I had ignorantly poked fun of bloggers in the past, ("Who has time to write about their everyday life?") and suddenly, I was one! I was sick and weak, and being the communicator was a small way I could help the family team that was rafting us down the white-knuckle river of Cancer. I found often that God showed up to me in my blogging, gave me clarity and understanding glimpses into the meta-narrative of what He was about in my life and His kingdom.
As my health returned, the inspiration to blog slipped away. I was so gratefully busy living life. Now there are times when I'll read back over old posts and my old broken self challenges my current busy self to a perspective that seems to have left me. I need the reminders.
I've been amazed at how many women have found this blog at the start of their own cancer journey, and have expressed that it has been a source of hope. I am so very grateful, and that is why I want to keep it here, accessible to others. It's going to take a while, there are over 100 blog posts to be harvested from our old site and transplanted here. Maybe I can get a few of my tech-savvy kiddos to give me a hand. :)
Malachi 3:16 paints a picture that is precious to me, because it tells me that when we declare the goodness of the Lord to each other, it matters to God. That is the goal of these memories,
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As my health returned, the inspiration to blog slipped away. I was so gratefully busy living life. Now there are times when I'll read back over old posts and my old broken self challenges my current busy self to a perspective that seems to have left me. I need the reminders.
I've been amazed at how many women have found this blog at the start of their own cancer journey, and have expressed that it has been a source of hope. I am so very grateful, and that is why I want to keep it here, accessible to others. It's going to take a while, there are over 100 blog posts to be harvested from our old site and transplanted here. Maybe I can get a few of my tech-savvy kiddos to give me a hand. :)
Malachi 3:16 paints a picture that is precious to me, because it tells me that when we declare the goodness of the Lord to each other, it matters to God. That is the goal of these memories,
Today, I am 10 years out from treatment. I later learned that my chance of making 5 years without a recurrence of my cancer had been about 15%. These years are a gift I will never cease to treasure and thank God for."Then those whose lives honored God spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before Him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed His name."
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