Love

Joy Through My Journey
In the year 2018 things would change in my life. I would go to work and be the only one wearing a coat and hat. There was no known reason to the cause of the fever that would not break and the issues with my breast. Finally, I was convinced to go see a doctor about the issue. I did eventually see my doctor. There was something going on in my body and I did not know exactly what it was. After my exam I was told that it was in infection in my breast. So, I took his word. However, the pain did not go away. My doctor decided that the best remedy would be to cut the infection out. That was one of the most painful experiences that I have ever endured. Weeks went by and the problem did not get better but grew worst. I eventually decided to go to the ER. When I got to the ER there were test and I had to have another surgery. I had to be hospitalized because the place were, I was cut had become infected. Not only that but it was a possibility that it could be cancer. After about four days in the hospital two nursed walk in my room with the weirdest looks on their faces. They had the results from my surgery and test. It was positive I had breast cancer. I then had to see another nurse to discuss what my options were. So now I am in this room with my granddaughter and I must tell my mom and siblings the news. The only reason that I cried was because they all cried. But I knew that this was not a death sentence. I knew that I would be healed. Months or about a year before the diagnose I spent hours studying about stories of others being healed. I also knew there was something wrong with me. I had been prepared me for the next years. Before I left the hospital, my mentor and sister met me to pray for me. I felt my faith increase! The saw through my family, spiritual family and co workers that I had the support and love that I needed. So now I have to see a surgeon. She was so kind and informative. She set up my procedure for chemo and to see an oncologist. The process started and went quickly. I was in chemo within a couple of weeks. I had to have a myectomy because I was cut on, chemo and radiation. There was nothing that I could depend on like my sisters.I took my worship music I went through the hospital with the knowledge that I was never alone.I had a song for every session. I met a few people that helped me to get a better understanding of the process. There were times when I couldn’t eat or drink anything. I lost my hair and forty pounds. However, I never stopped going to work. I needed to get out of the house. My Principal would try to send me home. My coworkers played a major role in how I processed everything. To see their smiling faces helped me. Through all of this I still had joy. I appreciated all my friends, the staff and my family for their support. In the mist of it all even my grandchildren knew that it would be well! They were used to me being outside running and playing with them. My grandson would draw pictures of me as a superwoman. I was so encouraged by him and his sister Maddy. After a one everything started to come back to normal. My hair is back, my weight is back, and I got more strength. This is the reason for the title. I had joy through my journey!
By Mae Knox4 years ago in Fiction
No Place like Home
Prologue: The house shutters as cold pellets rain down on its weathered siding. The frosted windows are painted with droplets as cracks of thunder echoes throughout the dim light garage. Flashes of lightning sneak through the murderous clouds.
By Trinity4 years ago in Fiction
Once Upon A Christmas In Chicago
For everyone who has done something dumb because of a broken heart. “You can’t helicopter parent me just because your mom left when you were seven! I’m going to Miami with my friends for the weekend, and when I come back I’m moving out!” Luciana said as angry tears filled her eyes.
By Gina Panozzo4 years ago in Fiction
Leaves
Fall has always been a time of comfort for me. Absent-mindedly spending my days sipping on pumpkin or apple-flavored coffee, waking up to the crisp air, and the onset of the holiday season beats muddled lines at the water park during the peak of the dog days and the evaporating sunlight and biting cold temperatures common of Winter. My favorite thing about the late months of the year is the changing nature and eventual shedding of the leaves. Seeing the mighty natural skyscrapers that populate the forest become naked in an effort to conserve what’s left of their behemoth lifespan never ceases to fill me with a feeling of existential appreciation. A deeply-human expression of our own mortality played out in the world of nature.
By Tyler Ridge 4 years ago in Fiction
Eye to Eye
Well, my love, it was the view from the west wing. I looked from the window, a storey above you, and saw your body reposed there on the sofa. Then, you looked up at me, and during that interlude where my pupils gathered your components together like a dustpan, we made history.
By James Grant4 years ago in Fiction
Roses In The Garden Room
Roses laying on the ground as she walks down the isle with her silk dress that's pink and white All she could think about was the smell in the air that made her smile as she ran her hands through her hair
By Amarachi Okike4 years ago in Fiction
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By Leuzola 4 years ago in Fiction
Happy.
Jack dangled his bare feet in the water, swaying softly side to side, creating ripples in the water with his toes. The jagged rock he was sat upon started to painfully dig into his flesh, but he couldn’t bring himself to move. It was so quiet near the Falls; except for the rushing of the water and the surrounding nature, breathing with life that the boy envied. Jack soaked it all in, trying to let it provide some sort of meaning.
By Kyla Crist4 years ago in Fiction
Ghosted
Hey boo That’s what her first Bumble message read. It was the first coincidence; I was about one hour away from going on a ghost tour, which I told her.
By Art A4 years ago in Fiction
The Essence of Life
I went to our spot today, I waited with anticipation hoping that you would emerge from the shower room ready for a swim, but alas to no avail. It seems only yesterday that we had our first encounter there, I remember your beautiful long black ringlets that framed your beautiful face. The smile that brought so much happiness and light into my lonely life. Your black bikini that outlined each of your magnificent features on your petite body. As I sat alone under the trees looking out across the vast open ocean, hoping I would find some sort of meaning to my life now that you were gone. I watched as a man swam in the shallows, he was later joined by his partner. Everywhere I look the memories of you keep flooding my mind. I can’t believe you are not here to witness the majestic dolphins playing and jumping in the water. The children of the ocean enjoying the summer sun, I used to enjoy the summer sun but now it is a reminder that I may never feel your warmth again.
By Curtis Schultz4 years ago in Fiction
A guilt trip
Her mind gets loud, it wouldn't quiet itself. She slides her ticket between the sheets of her passport as the words speak themselves out:
By Dana Nahhas4 years ago in Fiction
The Red Velvet Dress
Doreen folded the exquisite dress neatly and gently placed it back into the tissue paper wrapping before carefully laying it into the beautiful box where she kept it. She had only worn it once for her daughter’s graduation all those years ago. Where had the time gone? She hoped to wear it again, one day.
By Rosy Gee4 years ago in Fiction