Dear Reader:

*Interesting God Wink. I was looking up something on the connection between the season of fall and faith and when I googled the two words …up popped my blog written just a little over a year ago today. I have been having the same thoughts that I had last year at this time during the fall. Strange and wonderful…so here is an excerpt from my post a year ago!

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When I came across this little picture message it really made me pause for a moment. “What if trees really did refuse to let go of their dying leaves?” It reminded me of the little story I shared with you a few weeks ago about “Abigail, the Reluctant Leaf?” In the story Abigail was afraid to let go and fall from the tree because she had heard terrible stories about what happened to these leaves. So she held on for as long as she could and then, one day, like the ‘Family Tree’ had promised her…she didn’t leave until she, herself, willingly let go.

We can all appreciate ‘Aibgail’s reluctance’ to let go of security and everything she knew to fall into something new….a fall frontier. In fact most of us try any and everything we can think of, in our daily lives, to postpone letting go for something new…any type of change. (Even going so far as to “clothespin” ourselves to the past.)

When I came across this little spiritual message it definitely hit home…I believe we do come across the right words we need to hear at the right times, don’t you?

Intellectually we all know statements, like these, are true but emotionally it is, sometimes so hard to do it. Yet, when I look back on my life…I see that the times I did leave my comfort zone and crawled out on the end of the branch and let go,  resulted in the best changes in my life. Faith, Becky….I remind myself over and over….keep the faith!”

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This morning I am meeting my new oncologist…my former oncologist unexpectedly took medical leave, then some family emergencies erupted and now it appears that he is going to retire. It is hard for me to get my head wrapped around this….I never imagined that he would leave the “team” before I did. We forget doctors are human too and have their own personal challenges in life.

I know God will be with me this morning holding my hand as I meet my new oncologist after almost 10 years with my former one. I must keep the Fall Faith and remember that God is in the driver’s seat and He is leading me in the right direction. After all God is the final Physician.

So until tomorrow…Let us remember that Autumn does show us how beautiful it is to let things go, though also so hard…Especially doctors who have been with you from the start of your ‘little c’ journey into a new frontier… until now.

Thank you Dr. Silgals for never giving up on me. You should have been a magician for all the rabbits you have pulled out of a hat to date! And hopefully like your last advice was… I will able to  “keep riding the horse” with my new drug medications.

“Today is my favorite day”  Winnie the Pooh

***Happy Birthday Joan! I got out the message on my desktop yesterday but don’t think it transferred over to the facebook publications….So let’s continue the birthday with some pink cake…quite appropriate and I don’t know what your secret ingredient is…but you must have found the Fountain of Youth… you look terrific!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday!!!!!!!

So until tomorrow…Remember we can all learn from the seasons: “Autumn shows us how beautiful it is to let things go.“

“Today is my favorite day”  Winnie the Pooh