In our home before this one and in a place not too far away, on a New Year’s Eve I shared a momentous thought with my husband of almost twenty years! With the dawn of the rapidly approaching New Year, I mustered my minimal math skills to confess the great indignation that with the addition of the next year...a birthday would proclaim the dreadful thought of attaining 40! Forty!!! Imagine that?! On this evening, I was blind to a world of blessings surrounding me and a wealth of opportunities available to me. As my vision tunneled to the ominous number encroaching on my meager remaining “thirtyish” days. In a matter of just a few January days, a doctor visit, a MRI, and another doctor visit revealed a tumor sitting on my spinal cord at the base of my brain giving me four choices: do nothing and die, have the surgery and die, have the surgery and be paralyzed from my neck down, or have the surgery and perhaps live. At the end of my third day of tears, I just knew I would win. Romans 14:8, “If we live, it is for the Lord that we live, and if we die, it is for the Lord that we die. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.” The first tumor surgery was halted abruptly which led to a second surgery. The following year a different tumor was discovered pushing into my brain requiring more surgeries. Now the tumors are gone, and 40 has come and gone. I treasure the joy of being 61 and a half and sharing my experience with others. I was blind, but now I see; I win and so do you!!!
By: Connie Menn
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