In‎ Very Loving Memory of My Beautiful Mama!

I’m sharing this with you in very loving memory of my beautiful mama who passed away from lung cancer three years ago today. I’m sharing it because you may be battling cancer or know someone who is. Maybe you need to hear this.  Like many “hip” women of my mama’s generation, she started smoking after she got married. It’s just what they did.  Mama had been a non-smoker for about the last 40 years of her life, so when they found the tiniest little dot of cancer in her lung during a random check-up, no-one could have been more surprised than she.  Lucky for us, she loved life, her family & friends, so she vowed she would beat the 4 month death sentence she was handed & she would continue toward her ever-faithful goal of living to 103. She was still determined to slide into home base wearing her “fancies”!  Her doc tried to convince her that she would only see 4 mo’s IF she agreed to chemo. Mama would have none of that. She told him if all he could offer with chemo is 4 mo’s, that wasn’t going to work for her! She was in this game of life to win it.   At 81 she went vegan & gave up meat, dairy, sugar & wine. She breathed happiness, faith & determination through every pore of her body. She was a WARRIOR!   She did what her doc said was impossible, she lived for 18 months with lung cancer!  My sis & I lived with her for the last 3 months of her life & it was the greatest blessing of our adult lives!  Then we cried!  GONE TOO SOON! MISSED SO MUCH!   💕PLEASE SHARE, IT MIGHT MATTER