I swear, I lived!

I've taken care of so many kids with cystic fibrosis...too many.  And while treatments and prognosis have improved, it is still a horrid disease.  But in caring for these kids, I met some of the bravest, funniest, and most amazing people the world has ever known.  Melanoma has been like that, too.  It has cost me much.  Yet, there are beautiful, strong people in my life I would never have known without it.  I work hard to learn from all the incredible survivors I have been blessed to know.  Life can sling shit with a shovel.  Despite what has come my way, I hope I have lived.  I hope I have shown at least some of you, that life CAN be LIVED, no matter what.   I wish this.....for you.......

OneRepublic - I Lived

Hope when you take that jump
You don't feel the fall.
Hope when the water rises
You built a wall.
Hope when the crowd screams out
They're screaming your name.
Hope if everybody runs
You choose to stay.
Hope that you fall in love
And it hurts so bad,
The only way you can know
You gave it all you had.
And I hope that you don't suffer
But take the pain.
Hope when the moment comes,
You'll say.....I, I, I, I did it all.  I, I, I, I did it all!
I owned every second that this world could give.
I saw so many places, the things that I did,
Yeah with every broken bone,
I swear I lived.

Hope that you spend your days-
That they all add up.
And when that sun goes down
Hope you raise your cup.
Oh...
I wish that I could witness, all your joy
And all your pain-
But until my moment comes
I'll say.....I, I, I, I did it all.  I, I, I, I did it all!

I owned every second that this world could give
I saw so many places, the things that I did,
Yeah with every broken bone,
 I SWEAR I LIVED!

Thanks to all of you who make my LIVING possible.  Thanks to OneRepublic.  Blessings to Bryan.  Dude, you have owned every second!  We should ALL live like you!!!! Love - c