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Do You Believe In Miracles?

Do you believe in miracles?  I do. Mysteriously, I have been inside a miracle for the last year.  I don't understand why.  In that time, two dear friends who also received a cancer diagnosis, succumbed to this monster. Their families grieve. Thousands more who I don't know were also taken, even though they and their families fretted and prayed and hoped. Perhaps there was a miracle hidden in their tragedy.  Perhaps not.  Still, I believe in miracles. I believe in them but I don't understand them. I suppose that is what makes them miraculous.  This morning (Nov 15),  I reflect on the fact that exactly one year ago, a small bag of stem cells was transfused into my body.  It was a body that had been prepped by 6 months of chemotherapy and by a mega-dose of a drug that in essence wiped out my bone marrow and rendered my immune system useless.  I still shake my head when I think about the idea that somehow those immature cells that were transfused, knew what they had to do