28/09/2022
One thing I love about my clients is that many of them are not only innovative and entrepreneurial but they are warriors and survivors who do not give up in and out of business.
This is one amazing woman I've had the privilege of working with who has not only survived cancer for 17 years now but who turned her experience into an opportunity to help others receiving treatment by providing them with delicious, healthy and nausea friendly snacks. Centre For Cancer Nutrition - Kee-moh Snacks Bravo ๐
๐ 28th September - my cancerversary ๐
A few times I have forgotten this date.
A few times I have been emotional about it.
A few times I have felt (very) guilty about it.
A few times I have re-lived it like it was yesterday (I can still remember what I was wearing)
Most times I celebrate it.
I could jump up and down screaming "why me" and longing for a future I thought would be mine. But that's the thing - we can never predict the future and today just happens to be my future.
I can't tell you that each year it becomes easier because survivorship and recovery is not linear. It's a roller-coaster. Though the crests and troughs have begun to flatten out and the ride is not quite so turbulent.
The one thing I have learned to do is to look forward. Looking back does no-one any good. I recently read, 'The past is to be learned from, not lived in' and it has taken me many years to really understand this. I'm not saying cancer is a learning experience but the sentiment of not bringing all its baggage with me to my today works well for me.
I no longer yearn for my pre-cancer life. There is always a lot of talk about finding your 'new normal' after cancer. But I can't grieve for what was not guaranteed anyway. I have no crystal ball.
All I can guarantee is that I will grab life by the horns and hang on for the ride that is my life now - no looking back. This is where my happiness lies after 17 years. No regrets, only gratitude.
๐๐ผโโ๏ธ Alyx๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ณ Cancer survivor helping you find joy in every bite.