Since I was diagnosed with cancer I have so many people that have shown support for me in so many ways. Cards, phone calls, emails, offers to take me to my chemo treatments, you name it. I am so grateful for everyone and I have so many friends that I didn't even know that care about me. God sure does know how to show us in times of need how much we are loved and cared for. He sends his earthly angels to be there for us.
Today I had the pleasure of eating lunch at work with another woman in our building at work that was diagnosed with breast cancer a few weeks before me. I never really talked with her much before but an occasional hello. She works for another company in our building but we share the same lunch room so our break is at the same time. She had surgery and they removed both breasts, tomorrow she starts chemo and they are going to do radiation. I wanted to call her over the weekend but could not find her phone number. I felt we have a great deal in common right now and could probably be of help to each other. She came back to work last week and really looks great.
I sat down with Jean and started to talk to her about how she was doing and then told her about me. Her face lit up and the words just flowed between us. Just like we have been close friends forever. She is further in her journey than I am but I think we will probably have lunch together every day that we can, when one of us isn't there it will be because we are on our week of chemo. You don't know how comforting it was to talk with someone who understands me and what I am going through. I know we can give each other support and a shoulder to lean on. We even had a good laugh about picking out wigs today, like we were going on a shopping spree.
So God has put us face to face with each other, but he has also shown me there are so many others that will give me support in ways that I can't even imagine yet. Life is amazing and I have so much to give to others also. Pay it forward is my motto.
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