a soggy mushroom . . . and post-cancer thoughts

We have been having several weeks of rainy weather off-and-on. Early one morning as Butters and I walked the front pasture I came across this lovely brownish pink mushroom with a very frilly edge. But as I touched it, the edge bits began to crumble off due to too much absorbed moisture.

This past week has been extremely challenging for me as I continue my post-cancer healing. On Monday I had the final surgery to reverse the ostomy. The cancer is completely gone, the ostomy bag is history — I naively thought this would be the end of it! But after 14 months of being “off line”, my colon and sphincter muscles have to relearn how to work. This has proven to be a frustrating and often painful process. (How very often I wish that I could go back in time and have that timely colonoscopy that would’ve detected cancer early enough to have avoided all this!)

Each day at times feels week-long as I struggle through this process. But then a comment on a previous blog post or on my Instagram account captures my attention and reminds me of just how far I have come. As a very dear friend just reminded me, “God brought you through we know He works according to His time. I  can imagine Him saying. "I'm not done with you yet my child. A few more months is necessary for me to accomplish my will for you."