One year ago today one of the biggest and the greatest milestones of my life occurred. My son was born at 7:30 in the morning. My wife and I decided to name him Evan Lincoln. Evan means "By God's Grace" or "a Gift from God",and Lincoln after the greatest American who ever lived. Evan means so much to us because we didn't think he would come into our lives.
My wife and I wanted to have a child together since we met. I have three wonderful children from a previous marriage and Holly has a rambunctious daughter from a previous marriage. Before my last cancer operation, Holly made me promise that I would come back to her, i.e. wake up from the operation. Her love and support brought me through. However, months went by and still no baby.
Holly was checked out and was fine, so we chalked up our difficulty getting pregnant to all of my operations. Just when we got to the point where we decided to look into adoption God gave us a gift and nine months later he was here and for the last 365 days and for every day hereafter I will thank God for this gracious gift.
Monday, July 13, 2015
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Self Worth - The Thrill of Working
During the Journey To Normalcy, we need not forget to celebrate when good things happen such as the unconditional love of your spouse, the laughter of children, and the excitement of starting a new job. We get so busy dealing with our physical health, we need to cherish and appreciate being able to go to work, contributing to our family income, and building a career.
You have such a great feeling of self worth when you get a job and someone believes that you have what it takes to help their company grow. They view your scars (physical and psychological) as an asset and not a detriment or a "Scarlet Letter". After all, this is what you have been fighting for, to be "normal".
Cancer and for some dealing with the physical issues once the tumors are gone naturally consume you, but you can't forget to live and enjoy life and enjoy what you do for a living. Take your experiences and use them as a positive. Employers will like that you look at things differently being a cancer survivor. Cancer doesn't define you, it is not the only thing about you, so live your life to the fullest and build your career or start a new one. The possibilities are endless.
You have such a great feeling of self worth when you get a job and someone believes that you have what it takes to help their company grow. They view your scars (physical and psychological) as an asset and not a detriment or a "Scarlet Letter". After all, this is what you have been fighting for, to be "normal".
Cancer and for some dealing with the physical issues once the tumors are gone naturally consume you, but you can't forget to live and enjoy life and enjoy what you do for a living. Take your experiences and use them as a positive. Employers will like that you look at things differently being a cancer survivor. Cancer doesn't define you, it is not the only thing about you, so live your life to the fullest and build your career or start a new one. The possibilities are endless.
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