Out of the darkness
The struggles I have
endured
My life, I take back
-C. Nguyen
Mirroring my life this past year is the lotus flower. The
lotus flower starts out growing in muddy pond water, far away from the sun. Once it comes to the surface of the water, it blooms into a flawless and delicate
flower. What perfect symbolism, agreed? In different cultures and
religions, the lotus flower represents many ideals. Rebirth, life, purity…For me, this timeless flower is a daily reminder of the beautiful life I have after my battle with cancer.
It has been a relaxing summer. We didn’t take any trips anywhere, but I still enjoyed
every minute of it. Sleeping in and being lazy rocked. Now it’s back to the
busy-ness of work and school. I am still recovering from reconstructive surgery that I had last week, where my
plastic surgeon exchanged tissue expanders for implants.
Tony and I started this blog soon after Peyton was born. She
is starting Kindergarten this year (insert tears), and Matthew will be in
second grade. So much has happened between then and now. Watching baby videos
of both kids brought back so many happy memories. Memories of days when cancer
was just a word. A word that had no connection to me, and BRCA-1 was just a
mouthful of random letters. Today, that word and those letters will always
be a huge part of my family history.
BRCA-1
The unwanted
connection
Break the bond that
is
-C. Nguyen
I love the lotus flower tattoo! Once of my friends is vietnamese and she also decided to get a lotus flower tattoo in the memory of losing her grandfather to cancer. Anyway, I was just checking out your blog and reading up on a few of your posts. I had a question about your blog and was wondering if you could please email me back whenever you get the chance, thanks so much!
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Hi Emily,
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry I just saw this today. If you would still like me to email you, can I have please have your address? Thanks.