Hi, All,
We had a wonderful member on this forum for quite a few years named Robin. She passed on of lung cancer (never smoked a day in her life) the day before Mother's Day last year. She was and is a tremendous inspiration to those who knew her.
Since we have so many newbies on this forum, I want to share her story. Robin loved to write poems and she wrote many on this forum. She always had a positive attitude no matter what life threw at her and was always encouraging others.
She suffered with fibromyalgia, lung cancer with a lobectomy, heart disease, pulmonary hypertension Raynaud's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, degenerative disc disease, scleroderma, lupus, and migraines. She had what is called MCTD (Mixed Connective Tissue Disease). In her case it was lupus, scleroderma, and Rheumatoid Arthritis. Here is a link about this illness/s.
www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/mixed-connective-tissue-disease/basics/definition/con-20026515
With all of these problems she rarely complained. She just came on to encourage others and that helped her a lot! We were so blessed to have her as long as we did and I miss her a lot.
When I knew she was close to losing her battle with cancer, I went through the forum and got all of her poems and sent them to her family and they were so happy to get them. But, I kept a file of them and will try to be better at posting them. Most are encouraging poems and some are down right funny. Below are two that she wrote and I hope they help some of you.
Sherrine Today
I believe in the future
I have lived the past
I live for today
And make moments last
For today is today
And will slip away fast
Today and for always, Hope is forecast
Robin
Wishing everyone a great day
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Today I choose to laugh awhile, to be content and share my smile.
To spend each day playing the crying game, is a waste of time and a crying shame
Life is too short and precious is time, to spend each day to sit and whine.
Robin