I found this on the blog of another veteran cancer momma. She also wrote this beautiful piece about her son Ezra, who has been battling leukemia for a few years now. She wrote about his super hero powers. Ryan has them as well. He has super healing powers, not only to heal himself, but also to heal his mom + dad + others in his life.
I love Mary Oliver's sayings. I'm not familiar with all of her writings, but another one of my favorite quotes from her is:
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
With your one wild and precious life?
The quote at the top of this post, though, it means so many different things to me. It symbolizes how I feel right now, and how our whole family feels, post-transplant, with four years of leukemia crap under our belts. We're ready! Ready to think about noble and dangerous things! When I think of danger, I think of adventure. Things that were too dangerous to do while Ryan was fighting & recovering. We'll take light and frolicsome over how things were last fall ANYDAY! Beautiful, I equate with healthy. Ready to be healthy and not frightenly ill anymore. AFRAID OF NOTHING. I can only wish I could be that way again. I don't think I'll ever not be afraid of the c word again. But like I wrote last post, I'll work diligently to not let that worry seep in and permeate everything and "push out the ability to enjoy" our presence on this earth together. ♥
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