myThanksgiving

In everything give thanks. ~1 Thessalonians 5:18

With the Thanksgiving Season at hand many facing cancer may be finding it difficult to be grateful for the journey they've been handed. Why should we give thanks when all we are dealing with seems more like a curse than a blessing? Giving thanks with a glad and faithful heart recognizes that God is in control of a perfect plan, that He will create a blessing from this curse, and your experience can become a testimony of God's grace and good will, which brings Him glory. Giving thanks through our trials also helps us to recognize that this moment in time is temporary. Not only will there be better days ahead, but the salvation we've been promised in heaven is worth every step of pain on earth.

Here are a few things to be thankful for, even when fighting cancer:

• Faith
• Hope
• Family & Friends
• Current cancer patients will help doctors to find new treatments and cures for future cancer patients
• The chance to slow down and remember what is important
• Love
• Appreciation for the little things missed when life is smooth
• Confidence gained when overcoming a fear of the worst, or strength built when accomplishing even a small goal
• The ability to grow closer to one another and God through this trial

If you have blessings you're counting this season please feel free to share them here or email me. Thanksgiving blessings to you all!

Nevada County Relay for Life

Want to help?

If you would like to help sponsor the Spaghetti Dinner or Pancake Breakfast and help raise donations for the American Cancer Society please email myCancerStory@yahoo.com.

myCharityPhotographer

I found a very sweet photographer online that has started a charity guild of photographers nationwide who photograph families and children suffering severe illness or pending death. These photographers donate their time and sensitive, caring services as a gift to families losing a child, or to families where the parent has a fatal disease. Check them out online at the ACPCG.

In my photography background I have been honored to record the last photographs of a few families losing a loved one to cancer. While they may not be the kind of memories for framing on the mantle, each family has appreciated the chance to have these bittersweet memories locked on paper.

If you have questions about family photography during this time of trial as you all deal with the effects of cancer on your loved one, please email me.

myNewYearHope

Hope Abides
Hope abides; therefore I abide.

Countless frustrations have not cowed me.

I am still alive, vibrant with life.

The black cloud will disappear,

The morning sun will appear once again

In all its supernal glory.
- Sri Chinmoy -

Many blessings in your New Year!