Lizzie


 Welcome Lizzie

My new best friend moved in today she sits right beside my heart filling the space where my old breast sat, she also came with her own bed for her to sleep comfortably at night.  It took me a while to organize meeting her but now I have I am glad I took the step, although she feels heavy when placing her into my bra once she is on she feels just like having my old boob back.  I am still having days of sadness and fatigue with feelings of overwhelm when unfamiliar pains in the body stir up the fear of the cancer reoccurring. I try to stay positive and look for the beauty I have around me and think of a new way of dealing with the dark thoughts, the collages I create on a daily basis help me through, today's theme is window I have chosen to go with eyes are the windows to our soul.  If I look deeply into someone's eyes I can often see what they are truly feeling or in lot's of cases hiding, I don't do it often these days as people may find it intrusive. Back to Lizzie, hope you had a good rest before we go out and show you something new, we will be visiting the library today to pick up a few books I have had brought in.  I do so love the library system we have here in SA, I am able to source so many interesting books, so grateful.

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