I was reading my sweetymon's post about the past and memories started to flow. And I bursted into tears. I cried now what I didn't cry precisely 3 years ago.

Everybody knows my reason of living are my daughters.
They also know that and use and abuse me, but I don't care, because they give the strengh to fight all adversities in life.
They are my therapy when I'm depressed and the reason I can't give up.

They are also my best friends, despite refusing to go out with me at night.;)

But about 3 years ago my world desmoronated, when we found out my sweety had a tumor.

For a long while I was in denial, I just couldn't accept the fact that she had to have a very serious surgery on her neck, that could leave her paralized.

I bought all the books I could buy to try to find a cure!
I read about all natural healing and studied the wonders from the Amazon.
I spent hours in the library and read all medical books on the subject and found out more than I should.

But I never cried! (well, not in front of her)

It was her determination and persistence that enable us to know about it.

She insisted there was something wrong with that lump, despite our useless GP saying it was nothing, and daring to ask her if she had dandruff.

I was teaching on that wednesday, when she went to the hospital. Dad was home, so he took her.

Half way my lesson, my mobile rings. It was my baby saying, mum come to the hospital please, the doctor said they are going to do a biopsy.

My students called me a taxi as my mind went blank. What??

And we went through all the ordeal together, a long, very long ordeal. And thanks God she had her operation, after running away (kind of;)) twice, and all went well.

And this is what came to my mind, reading her post and her last paragraph:

"It's made me braver and made me feel safer in the knowledge that people can overcome a lot of erratic situations, that we are stronger than we think we are, and that this strength will come out when we need it the most. And when you can't find it, all you have to do is remember the things you've been through and remind yourself that eventually, the bad times come to a halt, and you will emerge from them with - hopefully good - new views on life."

Yes, my dear, you are right and remember Where there's a will, there's a way.

xx