Enter HIS praise with Thanksgiving in your heart.......:)

       Well, Thanksgiving is coming this week and this season is by far my favorite of the year. As the trees begin to change and snow begins to fall I turn into super mommy mode making sure my kids experience the traditions that I want them to share with their children someday. I bake, I cook, I decorate, I host, I LOVE being a stay at home mom and wife and live for this time of year to shine:) This year has been somewhat different with my current SITUATION, but I am not going to let a little thing like cancer get in the way of my life, like I had been doing these last few weeks:) I have been going through a valley and feeling as though I didn't have much to look forward to, let alone be thankful for, being sick is not my strong suite. I have been in the hospital prior to breast cancer 4 times in my life....my birth and my three children births so I am not a very good patient. This valley has been long and dark compared to my fast healing, pain free surgeries that God blessed me with, I had no idea that chemo would get me down physically and mentally as it had.
    I had begun to let cancer define me in every way and to a degree it has to with certain physical aspects such as staying germ free thus the confinement. UGH! But I had let it control every thought and action and quite frankly it SUCKED!!!! I was depressed and notably so as you have read. I am still going through this valley and I am not sure how long it will last, Monday will be my last A/C treatment and Taxol should be easier, but I can do this. I can do ALL THINGS through Christ that strengthens me. It is not me, it is HIM in me and even on days when I think I can't do this anymore, HE can.
    As much as I want to get through this next treatment I am dreading it as I always do, because I know all to well the side effects that have lasted a day or two longer each treatment. I am going to, however, praise GOD through this treatment and thank HIM for every blessing I have instead of concentrating on how I FEEL. Every time I start thinking or FEELING bad I am going to praise him OUT LOUD. Fix your eyes on me and not yourself Heather:) Thank you Jesus!!!
      I have so much to be thankful for..... my daughters recent protection in a rollover car crash, PRAISE GOD!!! things could have been so different. My healthy boys that don't allow me to concentrate on cancer every minute of the day with their smiles, laughs and antics, Praise GOD!!!  Instead of concentrating on what I cancer has stolen from me, I am concentrating on what God has given me and is going to restore in my life. Can you say SEVEN FOLD?!!!!
    I am entering this season with thanksgiving in my heart and praise for the one that has promised that he will never leave me or forsake me. Now, onward SUPER SEASON MOMS....I know I am not the only one:) I am going to cook, bake and decorate this season all the while singing his praises for all he has done, is doing and will do in my life, while BALD might I add. You should too. Happy Thanksgiving. God bless:)