- The month of September is for Prostate Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Childhood Cancer, Brain Aneurysm, Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and Leukemia, which means more awareness, activities, and fundraisers.
- Myths about cancer to dispel: Eating sugar causes cancer, it is contagious, and cancer is a death sentence. According to the NCI, no studies have shown that eating sugar will cause cancer or make it worse. Cancer is not contagious except in rare cases of organ or tissue transplantation. The survival rate for all cancers is about 67%.
When I was told I had a 50% chance to live five years, I was determined to live each moment with love and advocacy for gynecologic cancer awareness and fundraising.
Throughout history, there have been catastrophes created by nature and by man costing the lives of billions or more. Most recently the tragedy in the Bahamas from Hurricane Dorian is a case in point. There are almost daily reports of highway deaths, shootings, and random mass killings.
Therefore, it is important for us to live each day filled with love and purpose. It is not cancer alone that takes lives yet it is the one word that brings terror to our hearts.
Three books I recently read speak about the preciousness of time and how war, inhumanity, or disease can change or cost us our lives.
Remember the song Magic Moments popularized by Perry Como? Magic Moments when two hearts are carin’. Magic Moments memories we’ve been sharing.
Or from the song Living in the Moment the repeated phrase is: I’m living in the moment, I’m living my life, Oh, easy and breezy, With peace in my mind, Peace in my heart, Peace in my soul, Wherever I’m going, I’m already home, I’m living in the moment.
Whitney Houston made famous the song, One Moment in Time: I want one moment in time
When I’m more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me
How are you living each moment? There is beauty in the world; there is much need; there is so much we each can do to have fulfilling moments.
KAREN INGALLS, AUTHOR, BLOGGER & SURVIVOR 
What an inspiring post, Karen. None of us have a promise of tomorrow and we all need to learn to live each day like it’s our last! Thank you for the incredible encouragement!
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Thank you, Jan for your comment. Each person iving each moment with love…what a wonderful world it would be.
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What a heart-warming and inspiring post Karen. Living in moments is my mantra too Thank you for sharing the joy of living despite the roadblocks.
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Even in her darkest moments, the more we fill them with love the better they will be. Thank you for stopping by.
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A beautiful, inspiring post, Karen. Thank you for sharing and shining the light and love! xo
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Your poetry brings light and love, which is why I have enjoyed them. I often turn to one randomly and get inspired. Thank you, Natalie, for your comment.
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Beautiful post, Karen. Thanks for dispelling the cancer myths. I had wondered about sugar after my mom’s PET scan. But I don’t eat it because it doesn’t do well in my body and nerves. It is those moments that aren’t guaranteed that are so important. Chosing what to do with them a gift. Thanks for this inspiring post:)
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I hope your mom is doing well. Every cell in our body has to have sugar; every morsel of food becomes glucose which is the fuel our body lives on. It is processed that is the problem: it is an empty food source with no nutritional value that is high in calories.
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You are an inspiration, Karen. Great thoughts. I’ve heard sugar grows Cancer. Glad it’s a myth but still better to eat healthy. I try to live by everything is okay in moderation. Praying for many more five year increments for you.
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Pat, everything we eat turns to glucose which is the fuel for all our cells. It is the processed sugars that are the problem: no nutritional value and high in calories. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
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