🥳Today I turn 1…..again🥳
In the wee hours of July 11, 1973, just after midnight, I graciously arrived into the world. Just an itty bitty little thing weighing in at 9 lbs and 4oz….sorry mommy😂.
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| itty bitty me - July 1973 |
I'm a Wednesday’s Child. If you’re familiar with the “Monday’s Child” nursery rhyme then you know I’m full of woe…although my sister might tell you I’m full of 💩….😂😂🤷🏼♀️.
I never really thought much about that nursery rhyme before especially the being full of woe part. I mean according to Merriam-Webster the definition of woe is:
woe (noun)
1 : a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief
2 : ruinous trouble : calamity, affliction
I don’t know about you but that seems pretty terrible to me…especially identifying a baby as being full of woe 😱. Who would ever want to be full of woe? Why would anyone write such a thing in a nursery rhyme? Luckily it was just a nursery rhyme and didn’t describe my life at all. Quite the opposite actually, my life has always been pretty awesome, filled with lots of joy and happiness!
Rewind a bit to one year ago today. July 11, 2023… my BIG 5-0! The day I was supposed to be reaching a huge milestone…my Golden Jubilee! A day that we all secretly look forward to but sometimes pretend to loathe. The early hours of this day and the days following turned into extreme moments of woe. I didn’t know this at the time but our lives were about to change…..forever.
My cancer diagnosis brought Keith and I to our knees. It shredded us. Turned our lives upside down and back again. From July 11, 2023 through mid September I was in bad shape, physically and mentally. I was recovering from surgery, trying to get my head wrapped around a cancer diagnosis and wondering how I ended up here (you can read more about this in my earlier blog posts).
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| Surgery Day - I was terrified! |
My entire life I’ve been an optimist (mostly😉), so thankfully my season of woe didn’t last long. Looking back I know that in some of my darkest moments it was 100% my faith in God that carried me through. He gets all of my glory! All of His promises really are “yes” and “amen” 🙏🏼
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| Optum Care Cancer Center |
These past 12 months haven’t been easy, I’ve had a lot of challenges in my life.… many fears and just as many (or more) tears. Many things have caused me (and Keith) a great deal of worry. BUT…I have (finally) learned that worrying about things does nothing but cause me to feel unsettled, anxious and overwhelmed.
So instead I have focused on my happiness. I’ve come to realize these few simple things…that, by the way, apply to all of us:
🎯You are responsible for your happiness. In fact, you create it, you attract it, you manifest it.
🎯You are the architect of your reality.
🎯You choose your thoughts, your perceptions, and your reaction to all external forces.
🎯You possess all of the tools needed to choose happiness, to choose love……You really are that powerful.
💕Create the life you deserve…..vibrate love💕
Faith, hope and surrender are not always easy to do when faced with serious stressors and challenges. It takes strength to choose hope over fear. Yet, we will do far better for ourselves and those we care for if we can replace worry and fear with faith and hope…..and maybe some optimism too 😉
If you’ve been following me these past few months then you know that on May 20, 2024 my oncologist moved me from active cancer status into remission. Just 7 months and 19 days after starting my 100% holistic healing plan. I believe my chosen path is having a ripple effect - affecting and influencing those around me. Each woman who heals herself helps bring healing to other women. Each man that heals himself brings healing to other men. And everyone who shares what they have learned and encourages other people helps them on their healing journey.
✨A person who heals themself also heals the people around them✨
Due to my life changing circumstances and transformation I’m declaring today, July 11, 2024 my 1st birthday. I’m a phoenix…..I rose from the ashes… I let go of the idea that I must always be who I have always been…and boy is that liberating ❤️. Keith and I have started over and it’s already been quite a journey. I’ve learned a lot about myself and what I’m capable of. We’re making BIG plans, we’re shaking things up, we’re embracing life…and each other. It’s pretty amazing how strong we can be when faced with adversity.
So in closing, I invite any of you prayer warriors to continue praying for me - pray that I have the strength to stay on this walk of healing I’m on and that I continue walking in faith. I also invite and appreciate your prayers for my loved ones - that they can move through their challenging moments with grace and courage, and that there is a good outcome for each of them. I am always so grateful for the prayers and love, I know I have been flooded with both throughout these past 12 months.
That's all for now! I’ll end this with a verse that God placed on my heart.
2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
Thank you for reading, thank you for supporting me these past 12 months but mostly thank you for your endless love and prayers 🙏🏼
Until next time….keep joy in your mind and in your heart!
Much love and many blessings,
Ali
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