Monday-11am--Prayers for Leah's Mom

Good Monday to you!

Quit smoking this day in 1989. I just realized I never did remember to tell you that story last year. Not today, either. But I wrote myself a note this time. ;)

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Today I am asking for prayers for Leah's mother, Vicki. She just found out last week that she has cancer. They gave her 3-8 months to live--about 3 months if she did nothing and about 8 if she starts aggressive chemo. Vicki recently remarried and is a newlywed. She has a lot to live for.

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I'm an optimist--by choice. I believe in the power of prayer and faith and positive energy. I've seen and heard of too many miracles not to believe that anything is possible. So, if you have a moment--send a prayer this way for Vicki. Prayers know exactly where to go. :)

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When Dagan was an infant and they told me he didn't have long to live...well, then I wanted him to live the best life possible for as long as he was here. The world is such a fascinating place. Living is a joyous mystery. We had days filled with laughter, lessons, and love. But I didn't raise him as if he was on some kind of vacation from his life's purpose, you know? Was more concerned with the kind of person he was while he was here. How long he was here was up to God and was, frankly, none of my business. How he lived his life while his soul was under my care as his mother--that was mine.

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And there were miracles.

Prayers and the unexplained.

Lots of laughter! :)

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I have heard of people who were given dire prognoses who lived for many years. Sometimes people seem to be taken earlier than we'd ever expect. Often they are gone in a moment without warning. One thing about cancer is that it gives you time. Time to sort out your life and spend time with loved ones and examine your life's path, you know? Time. And time is a precious gift.

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Doctors are not gods. They can guesstimate odds, but they haven't had some privileged peek at God's timetable. And we are all on borrowed time, after all. So we should make the most of it, right? Each day. :)

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I've been blessed with lessons when I was young that taught me how life can change in a moment. Near death experiences, rape, miscarriage, violence, told my baby was dying...

So I don't live in la-la land with my head in the clouds. It's not denial. It's experience. It's hope. It's loving life and people and goodness and the power of positives.

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It's not how long you live, but how well you live.

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So I am praying that Vicki has lots of time and lives well. :):)

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"Don't be concerned about being disloyal to your pain by being joyous."

Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan