How it all started...

In 2010, I found myself looking for something, even though my life was everything I had ever wanted and more.  I have been a Christian since I was 9 years old, but I found myself slipping into discontent.  I was just beginning my quest for contentment when I was diagnosed with stage 2 colon cancer.  God had a good plan for me, and I became cancer free with only surgery.  Once I was on the other side of colon cancer, I realized that I had much for which to be thankful.  Being a cancer survivor has given me an attitude of gratitude...I see my life, my family, my friends, my circumstances through different eyes...eyes that see the blessings!  And I found the key to contentment...gratitude!
I have been talking about writing a book for the last year..."Everything I Needed to Know I Learned from Colon Cancer".  Not quite true, but it made a good title.  As time passed, I realized that I would never find the time to sit and write a book.  At about the same time, I started hearing words of wisdom from friends that lodged deeply in my heart and stayed with me.  I wrote them down in a notebook that I titled "Gold Nuggets...Words I Want to Live By".  My insightful husband, realizing before I did that I needed to be sharing these words, suggested that I start blogging.  And here I am.  I may be writing this blog for myself...and that's ok...it will help the words that I want to live by get deeper into me.  If you are blessed by anything that I write, that makes it even more worth the effort!