Scars, pride & #MondayMotivation

Social media can be a blessing and a curse these days, I think.

I’m choosing to focus on the blessing part of that sentence today. (Too many ‘curses’ for my taste during the recent weekend.

Someone at @breastcancer.org tweeted this image as part of #MondayMotivation. When I came across it in my feed, it really resonated with me.

BreastCancer.org is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing reliable, complete, and up-to-date information about breast cancer and breast health. Today, the group provided some much-needed inspiration for me.

Taking stock in the person I am now, after two bouts with breast cancer, is interesting.

I am scarred. Physically and mentally.

I am changed. Again, physically and mentally.

I am angry. Some days more so than others.

I am humbled. Facing a life-threatening disease does that.

I am grateful. Grateful for treatment success.

And, I am proud of myself, my family and my friends. Facing breast cancer twice has been a trip, to say the least.

Still, I am pleased with myself because I was able to maintain some sense of me along the way. I faced daunting medical treatments and surgeries head on.

My husband stood beside me and propped me up more times than I can say. I’m also really pleased with him.

My family and friends were thoughtful, helpful, and gracious. Proper people, for sure.

I’m happy to be on the other side of breast cancer 2.0 as a different woman … Scars, pride and all.