Sunday, July 7, 2019

Encouragement (In Suffering, Pain, and Witnessing Both…) #7: “20 Things To Do To Encourage Someone With A Breast Cancer Diagnosis”


The older I get, the more suffering and pain I’ve experienced; and the more of both I stand witness to. From my wife’s (and many, many of our friends and coworkers) battle against breast cancer; to my dad’s (and the parents of many of our friends and coworkers) process as he fades away as this complex disease breaks the connections between more and more memories, I have become not only frustrated with suffering, pain, and having to watch both, I have been witness to the suffering and pain among the students I serve as a school counselor. I have become angry and sometimes paralyzed. This is my attempt to lift myself from the occasional stifling grief that darkens my days…

It’s simple today – instead of recreating the wheel, I’ll share something with you that was meaningful to me: https://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20738293,00.html


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