Welcome!
I am so glad you found me.
Rita Ann
The mission of my blog is to encourage all seeking insights to fight their latest battle and to…
Hope
Believe
and Fight
for a miraculous outcome.
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Blog Posts
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At times, we face losing something, gaining something and accepting the new uninvited normal. Within these events, we need to make decisions. I decided that in order to move into my healing I had to confront fear, step out in faith into unknown outcomes while trusting and believing that I would live to tell about it.
The ninth child of Betty and Ivan, in a family of ten, I grew up in a time when society seemed far less complicated. I am now married to Jim and we are empty nesters with three grown children that have graduated into their own life adventures. My pancreas cancer story started in February of 2018. Since that time, my husband, Jim and I have beat this disease. This blog tells the story of how we faced a giant and found peace and victory.
No matter the challenging life event you face, my prayer is that this blog helps you successfully walk through your distressing valley by listening to yourself, your body, your faith and approach it with positivity, faith, courage and strength one day at a time while finding purpose, meaning and a life that exceeds your expectations. This is my healing story.
Peace to you,
Rita
Book of Hope
I wrote my book, Hope, as a response to fellow travelers that were moved to hope for their own outstanding outcome upon hearing my story of healing from pancreatic cancer. While sharing my walk down the pathway to healing, I disclosed my range of emotions from doubt to hope, from anger to joy and the full gamut of emotions that anyone encounters when they face a trial like this. I shared how I eventually surrendered to the process, put my trust in God and faced my foe with hope and belief for an outstanding outcome. And because of God’s great love, mercy and kindness, I am here today to talk about it.
The Road of Life
Life involves a series of challenges and choices, victories and let downs. It seems that I consistently forget this. Over and over again…
The dragon slayer
…This is where I learned that his father died of this cruel disease in his arms. I also found that one of his patients named him the “Dragon Slayer of Pancreatic Cancer”…
What just happened?
…I don’t want to listen to anyone after receiving the news from the surgeon. I don’t want this to be me. I don’t want to be a patient. I want this to be a bad dream…
Winter is here
…About five minutes into our consultation with the local surgeon, he tells me to go home and get my affairs in order….
Winter is coming
It has been a busy winter so far. In the end of January for the last nine years Jim has been part of the 3 person Shadowmen snow sculpting team in the St. Paul Winter Carnival. At this time, he had competed in eight of the last St. Paul Winter Carnival Big Block Snow Sculpting competitions.
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Even though I have been teary eyed multiple times over the thought of facing this condition, we have determined that we need to walk in faith believing for full healing. Our future is not written yet. We are determined to beat this. We have to. Right?
Trust Your Gut
“Go home and get your affairs in order.” Words I thought I would never hear. What does it mean? How is this possible and why me? What would you do? I cried.