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
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Late March, Jim and I packed our bags with lots of hope and belief and made our way to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
Mayo…a new experience
…I was still angry about this condition that appeared to be forced on me like a new bully on the street as I walked to school. It didn't seem fair. I didn't seem like it was an outcome my healthy efforts had produced. I wanted to know what I did wrong…
To fast or not to fast
Who of us hasn’t experienced the slow tick of the clock, temptations to snack, growling stomach and counting the hours until bedtime when you can avoid thinking about eating until the next morning?
Doing what I can
You can’t blame an analyst for being an analyst? While I believed that I had a strong faith in God, I also believed that I had to do what I was supposed to do for God to do what He does: Move mountains. A mustard seed of faith moves mountains, but faith without works is dead