RAIN WITHIN
Therese, Vancouver BC
I am so happy after being well for so long from breast cancer after a full mastectomy and DIEP flap re-construction - going onto 6 years now. YEAH! The road was a long one, however, the most healing of my life.
I have enclosed a poem I wrote after all the treatment, surgery, and road to recovery when my doctors discovered another lump. The lump ended up being only fatty tissue however nothing brings me quicker to my knees than the thought of my health being in question. I now stand in complete grace and just got married, I am so thankful. I stand with a grateful heart as after all the surgery and scars etc it took me a long time to get to the place of knowing my inner beauty and that each scar represents a complete surrender, not at all a battle wound.
Tears are for memory, memory of what we have, had and what is to come.
RAIN WITHIN
Rivers of Blessings flow
In and through me
The well of tears stored rise up to greet me-
Knowing the only place is Release!
If I attempted to capture them
Against their will
I would float in a sea of
Denial!
It is in the Release
That comes the travel
That comes the freedom
That comes the healing
That comes the knowing
That creates the comfort
That connects me to
My Soul
To my Being
To the Me
So tears come on
And let's dance
Let's swirl together
Until we drop
A comfort in each other
A knowing in one another
A place just kept for us
A gift to share with another
A waterfall of sorrow
A loss - regained - found
To gather in a pool of Blessing
Rain Within
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Recipes for Summer 2010
Minted Honeydew Cooler
3 cups cubed honeydew melon
1 cup unsweetened pineapple juice
1 cup crushed ice
2 Tbsp. honey
2 Tbsp. fresh mint leaves
Combine all ingredients in blender or food processor and puree until smooth.
Makes 4 servings. Per serving: 99 calories, 0 g total fat (0 g saturated fat), 25 g carbohydrates, <1 g protein, 1 g dietary fiber, 25 mg sodium.
Strawberry Kiwi Smoothie
1 cup 100 percent apple juice
1 container (8 oz.) strawberry nonfat yogurt
2 whole kiwi fruit, peeled and chopped
1 package (10 oz.) frozen unsweetened strawberries
1 tsp. almond extract
In blender, place apple juice, yogurt and kiwi. Blend until smooth. Add strawberries and almond extract. Blend again until smooth and thick. Serve immediately. (Unused portions may be frozen.)
Makes 4 servings. Per serving: 111 calories, <1 g. total fat (0 g. saturated fat), 26 g. carbohydrates, 3 g. protein, 3 g. dietary fiber, 32 mg. sodium.
Courtesy of American Institute for Cancer Research www.aicr.org
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