Sunday, January 26, 2014

~ Day 9 ~ Still Climbing Mountains

A few friends have asked why I sign every post with ~ still climbing mountains ~. They surmised it must refer to the up-hill battle, the enormity of this fight against cancer or that it's yet another obstacle in my path.

Still climbing mountains is about faith, hope, love and mostly perseverance. I found out 2 weeks before Christmas my cancer had returned but on New Year's Day I was hiking Bishop's Peak. I didn't do it fast but I did it. I got my boys up and down that mountain all by myself. I showed them that no matter how bad things get, if we focus, push ourselves, have faith and not give up we can still climb mountains. Each one of us wanted to give up at different times on the path up the mountain but we encouraged each other to push on. Strangers encouraged us, too. We made it to the top together. We looked out at the beautiful vistas, encircled in the beauty of our world and relished in the kinship of those that made it to the top as well. The amazing part was on the way down watching my boys encouraging the climbers ascending the mountain, a true sign of paying it forward. They were proud of themselves and proud of me. We had conquered something together, something that looked intimidating and felt impossible at times. But with faith, hope, love perseverance and a little blood, we made it through. So that's why I'm......
~ still climbing mountains ~

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