MONDAY MENTIONABLES - Fostering Miracles, Molding Character

This last Saturday, our Lifting Hearts group held a breast cancer awareness fair, in cooperation with Fresh Market in American Fork. It was a busy day, and I had a great time talking to women about breast cancer. What made it even more enjoyable were the "sister survivors" that I spent the day with.

I've been thinking about those women who shared the day with me, and how much I admire their attitudes, their courage, and their perseverance. It's not easy to deal with a cancer diagnosis, but it is possible. To get through cancer with hope and patience is also possible.

Zig Ziglar once said: "You cannot tailor make your situation in life, but you can tailor make your attitudes to fit those situations."

This is what I see in almost every survivor I meet. They are women who have taken a bad situation - one that can be overpowering, terrifying, and way too big to handle, and they've turned that situation into something that will foster miracles, and mold their characters.

I so admire those qualities that these women hold - love, charity, patience, courage, sisterly kindness - the list is almost endless.

Thanks for sharing the day with me, and helping me remember what watching out for each other means.

Here's to you, my fellow survivors!

"Crises refine life. In them you discover what you are." - Allan K. Chalmers