Not all HOPE is lost

What have you SURVIVED?

In the medical drama Greys Anatomy Season 6 Episode 7, Isaac a hospital lab technician at Seattle Grace Hospital came to the neurosurgeon with scans of his inoperable tumor that was so intricately wrapped around his spinal cord. He was advised by other doctors not for the first, second or third time that he will not survive such an operation. He came to Dr. Derek Shepherd aka McDreamy to do the impossible.

His response to being told he could become paralyzed or not survive the operation was nothing short of amazing...he said:

I SURVIVED a war where they put bodies into mass graves where there was once a playground.

I SURVIVED the death of my family, my parents, my brothers and sisters  THEN

I SURVIVED the death of my wife and child when they starved to death in a refugee camp.

I SURVIVED the loss of my country, of hearing my mother tongue spoken, of knowing what it feels like to have a place to call home.

I SURVIVED...and

I will SURVIVE the loss of my legs if I have to.

I will SURVIVE

Again posing the same question...What have your survived? October marks breast cancer awareness month around the globe. October celebrates the survivors and thrivers. In the breast cancer journey, there are so many loved ones who lost their battle to cancer but their fight continues to live on in their loved ones.

Each day in October we will put faces to names of loved ones we have lost and those who are fighting and continue to fight. We too shall SURVIVE cancer!!

        MY Beloved auntie Hope

        R.I.P

        Gone too soon in September 2005

        You lost your battle to breast cancer

         You are truly missed and loved. 

         My mother's sister, my cousin's mom, my uncle's wife.