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Kara’s Collection: The Ugly Edge—Christmas Edition

Kara’s Collection: The Ugly Edge—Christmas Edition

From an article originally posted December 24, 2013…

I have a confession. I have a really ugly edge to me that I am not at all proud to confess to you. I would love to be alone in this ugly, but I have a feeling I may not be too lonely on this island. It’s an edge maybe only one person I know can decipher. It may be an edge only the one I love in this life best can see, and over time the little people in my life will soon be able to recognize. I see it as the holidays get closer, I feel the edge creeping into my inside thoughts, spilling into the words that exit the face part of me, and the subtle moments in my days. More than words, it’s really a subtle attitude.

Kara’s Collection: Words! Word! Words! And my news about more words!

Kara’s Collection: Words! Word! Words! And my news about more words!

From an article originally posted December 23, 2013…

What a fantastic weekend! Fire, kids, food, the zoo, dance party, and friends. We have truly celebrated and celebrated our great news. We have worn the kids out, danced their feet off, and truly given thanks for our good news. When we first heard, Ella had a half day and the others had a whole day. We ran up on Ella and rejoiced in the news of no new cancer in my brain. I could immediately see relief on her face. I know she was anxious about my brain. We all were. We went to lunch to celebrate! Food, I remember everything with food.

Kara’s Collection: It’s time to slow down

Kara’s Collection: It’s time to slow down

From an article originally posted December 22, 2013…

The fog is slowly fading, the stress lifting with each passing moment. My new medicine is giving me some crazy insomnia and hot flashes. I spend it all during the day, and I come to bed exhausted, but I am like a flaming inferno from the inside out. That’s no fun, but it’s my treatment plan, and I’ll take it.

Kara’s Collection: A Time to Dance!

Kara’s Collection: A Time to Dance!

From an article originally posted December 19, 2013…

Today we head up to Denver to meet with a leader in his field in metastatic cancer to get a second opinion on my treatment options. We are doing battle against the micro-cells of cancer that have entered my blood stream. It’s a quiet battle, a battle of constantly looking. A battle that can steal your peace and make every ache and pain feel like something new to worry about. I have never been that person. I don’t like that person, but I’m not sure how to walk away from her. My new doctor heard my story and made an early appointment available. Like I said yesterday, the cancer in my brain isn’t gone, which we hoped would be, but it’s half the size, and all my docs are on vacation. We get it. We aren’t really in a hurry to jump back into treatment, either.

Kara’s Collection: My Brain

Kara’s Collection: My Brain

From an article originally posted December 17, 2013…

I have grown a new love; actually, it’s a love I’ve had for a long, long time. Putting these words I’ve been given on paper has grown into a great love of my heart. Like a pastor who preaches over himself in the hopes of taking hold of a new truth of the gospel, writing is a place I write beyond myself. I write my hopes, my fears, my longings to take hold of truths. Some days I meet the expectation of love I write about, others days I fail extraordinarily and find myself in the glorious humble place of repentance.