why blog?

I’m starting this blog to tell my story, my breast cancer story.  I never thought I would keep a diary or journal per say.  I really never thought I would post it for others to see!  I was encouraged by a fellow breast cancer blogger friend.  It is oddly therapeutic and my hope is for others to read it and find it helpful, inspiring, funny, relatable, or just something to read at 3 am when you can’t sleep.  I also have a lot of extended family who are not on Facebook and I hope to keep connected with them this way.  I find it hard to be anything but positive on Facebook.  I don’t want to seem too negative, but I also find that in trying to be upbeat and positive it doesn’t always portray the crappiness and realness of the situation.  Having said that, I also don’t want to be a downer and eventually started to end my post with a “looking on the bright side” section.  It’s what gets me though some of the tough stuff. So here goes.