Transitions

Well the three numbers that I wanted to see were : 156 but instead my body had a mind of its own and said, you’re going to weigh this much today! It was not what I was hoping for, but it was still a good transition. I at least did hit the 50′s finally!!! I can’t wait till I reach the 20′s again though…
did you see my weightloss chart?
It’s located on my sidebar under the heading "Demara’s Pages".
The page is called : Check out my Weightloss!

Besides that big announcement, a lot of you were anticipating, let me tell you a bit more as to how I’ve been, as I’m sure you’ve been wondering why I have not been around much lately.

This last week I have been hit hard with a couple scary, freaky, crazy moments!

First off, I heard from a childhood friend that his mom passed away in 2005 from stomach cancer.  Scary! She was like another Mom to me, and I missed her (she moved, we moved and we lived farther away from eachother), wondered how she was and heard the news. It blew me away!

I’ve NEVER had anyone close to me die yet!!! So this was hard to take.

And then just today I heard another friend’s wife just died from cancer leaving our friend with their 5 kids! Crazy!

What is it with this demon of Cancer? I wonder what Researchers have found on it. Like is there a certain area of the country (environment) that it hits people the most? Do those people that die from it have anything in common? Do they all use the same toothpaste, toilet paper (materials)? What are the connections? What is causing SO MANY to die from this demon?!?!?

In elementary school, I would ride my bike to school with a friend, she could always get up that one steep hill the fastest. Her long curly dark hair blowing in the wind, she seemed so healthy so perfect (skinny and all). Her mom had died just a year before I met her, but she was such a strong friend! I never saw her cry. Then my family moved away, and I saw her a year later, she was bald, had cancer, was in a wheel chair, and dead a few months later! I was confused. Again, what is causing SO MANY to die from this demon?!?!?

My mom’s mom, Rosina, has ovarian cancer right now too. She first got it in 2006, and I remember her sliding (falling) down a wet muddy grass hill , landing hard on her buttocks and arm, mud all over, but no tears! She is strong!! It was a scary moment. She just looked so weak and feeble falling. Soon after, she had chemo for her cancer and was healed (it took a few months), but this year it returned. Her mom (my Great Grandma) , Anna, died of stomach cancer when she was about 84, my grandma, Rosina, is 74, so then that makes me wonder. Is it hereditary? And taking the women on my mom’s side earlier and earlier??? I guess if my mom gets it when she’s 64 I’ll know hey?

And finally, the other major transition that’s happening in my life right now is that: it’s my birthday on Friday, the 3rd. I’m getting older! Freaky! And we never know when our "last day" will be. Age doesn’t matter!

(thinking of our "last day" : are you scared of death? or confident to see Jesus?)

p.s. I thought I’d update my header! It’s now the Fall season here in BC Canada…