living as ugly betty

I may be old, I may be ugly and I may be fat, but upon closer look you will find I am a bit like Ugly Betty. The better you get to know me, the more beautiful I become. You see I am a 3 time cancer survivor (age 10, brain tumor[Menegeoma]), age 21 Uterine Cancer (discovered when I was 6 months pregnant), age 35 (skin cancer), as well as a 30% Service Connected Disabled Veteran (US Army 6 years). I am adopting my Husband’s Boys that has been living with my Husband and I for 9 years, after my Husband’s ex stabbed him the in the stomach, in front of the boys. One needs a heart transplant (his heart is functioning at 30%), One is Bipolar, and one has post traumatic stress and Oppositional defiant disorder.

I have tried to teach my kids that nothing is so bad that you can not overcome it. Laughter goes a long way to making yourself and those around you feel better.

I refuse to go to bed angry and I refuse to wake up angry. I try and make the most out of every day (including taking time to stop and smell the roses). I just turned 45, and have done so much…I lived in Europe, I sang in a band, I play Cello and Bass, I love my kids, I have a great Husband…and you know, I don’t think I would have done so much if I had not had cancer. My personal philosophy about life reflects the Tim McGraw song “Live like you’re dying” to quote the song;
“Like tomorrow was a gift,
And you got eternity,
To think about what you’d do with it.
An’ what did you do with it?
An’ what can I do with it?
An’ what would I do with it? “
P.S. One of my few remaining goals in life, is to sky dive!

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