L is for less bumps in the road, please...

On November 18th it will be two years since I found out I had cancer. I am a survivor! It has been a very bumpy road, tests, radiation, skin damage, healing, more tests, and more tests to come (Jan 26th). I have also gotten divorced, another bumpy road, separation, crying, loss, single motherhood, negotiation, paperwork, and now Ms. Borja. I wanted to ask for a smooth road ahead for at least the next two years. Then I was shown this quote from Jack London:


"I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time"

I know the only way to avoid the bumpy road of life would be to stop driving, not ever leave my house, never talk to anyone and not watch the news. I realize that I do want to drive and find all the potholes, listen to my boys laugh when the van wiggles with the bumps in the road. I am a survivor, but I do not just exist like a sleepy planet – I live!

Wow - it has been a long time since I have blogged, so here are some pictures from August - the boys and I at the beach - Living la Vida Loca!