FROM THE ROAD'S END - A Christian Perspective

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Gumdoctor
Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
edited January 2020 in Stage IV/Metastatic Breast Cancer ONLY

Greetings to those who have found your way here...

I am very similar to you... Diagnosed with MBC DEC17... Joined BCO shortly thereafter... Diagnosed with severe liver progression JUL19... Started daily Facebook blog posts shortly thereafter... Since not everyone does Facebook... I am now... bringing those posts here... Those most likely to benefit from them... are here... among my mets sisters and brothers...

Purpose of these posts... despite this horrible disease... despite my terminal prognosis... I am determined to look for... and find... beauty in our world... become inspired by this beauty... and figure some things out... before I transition to my next life... in Heaven...

It is my sincerest hope... in sharing these posts... I will help someone else... in some way... some day...

Full disclosure... upfront... I am telling a story... from my perspective... almost all these posts come from my Christian perspective... if you do not wish to read such a perspective... I understand... these posts may not be for you...

Title... comes from where I live... my home... on a beautiful hill... built into the forest... two roads intersect... and lead to nowhere... many of these writings... come from my ponderings... at this spectacular location... literally located at the Road's End... and writing from my own Road's End in this world... at least it makes sense to me...

Photographs... while I am only a good amateur... they are all mine... I love finding... beautiful... interesting things to photograph... I love taking them... if I post any photo I have not personally taken... I give full photo credit to the appropriate photographer...

For those of you... who choose to read any of these posts... I hope they will help you... some perspective... some strength... some little something... to help you deal with this disease... better... ease the emotional pain... the emotional burden... this is my sincerest wish...

Warmest Regards,

Gumdoctor

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited August 2019

    Blue hydrangeas for Everyone. Have a Happy Beautiful Tuesday Morning.

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    Gumdoctor

    (First posted Facebook on 02JUL19)

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited August 2019

    A Big Beautiful Wednesday awaits you...ENJOY!!!

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    Gumdoctor

    (First posted on Facebook on 03JUL19)

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    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited August 2019

    An explosion of RED, just in time to celebrate the Greatest Country's Independence Day.

    God Bless America, You and Your Family on this very special day.


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    Gumdoctor

    (First posted on Facebook on 04JUL19)

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited August 2019

    Beauty all around...can change you...

    Happy Beauty Hunting this Friday morning...

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    Gumdoctor

    (First posted on Facebook on 05JUL19)

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited August 2019

    One of the most important meanings of the peony...Compassion.

    May you experience big, beautiful, overflowing compassion this glorious Saturday...

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited August 2019

    Look upward to Heaven...

    The answers you need are there...

    This Sunday...and Every Day...

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    Gumdoctor

    (First posted on Facebook on 07JUL19)

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited August 2019

    Divine Gifts come in many forms...

    May you truly see...and be grateful for...your many Divine Gifts this Monday...

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    Gumdoctor

    (First posted on Facebook on 08JUL19)


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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited August 2019

    Surrounded with beautiful people... beautiful nature...beautiful ideas...you become so much more...

    May you surround yourself with what you need...to transform into...that greater version of you...patiently waiting to get here...

    On this spectacular Tuesday morning...

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    Gumdoctor

    (First posted on Facebook on 09JUL19)

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited August 2019

    Going to your Happy Place...it only takes a thought...of that very special place...where you feel joyous...alive...free...

    This amazing Wednesday morning...spend that brief moment...go to your happy place...it can last a lifetime...

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    Gumdoctor

    (First posted on Facebook on 10JUL19)

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    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited August 2019

    Delicate vinca flowers...possess not one but two amazing traits...undeniable outward Beauty...and hidden devastating Power...to kill cancer...

    On this Divine Thursday morning...may you find your own Beauty...and hidden Powers...then use them all for good...

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    Gumdoctor

    (First posted on Facebook on 11JUL19)

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited August 2019

    So this is love...where you stop...I begin...wildly different yet...so much the same...

    On this perfect Thank-Goodness-It's-Friday morning...ask what does love look like for you...

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    (First posted on Facebook on 12JUL19)

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  • Linda11111111
    Linda11111111 Member Posts: 49
    edited August 2019

    Lovely pictures and thoughts! Thanks for posting.

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  • LoveFromPhilly
    LoveFromPhilly Member Posts: 1,308
    edited August 2019

    love this! Thank you Gumdoctor!!

    I love those kitties!! 😻😻😻😻

    I also want to know where the beautiful tropical photos were taken!

    Love,

    Philly

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  • candy-678
    candy-678 Member Posts: 3,950
    edited August 2019

    Thank you Gumdoctor for posting these on BCO so ones without FB can enjoy them too. Love the kitties-- I am a cat person. I too am a Christian. I appreciate what you are doing with these posts.

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited August 2019

    Hello Philly!!!

    Tropical pics take. From Hawaiian Hilton Village Rainbow Tower. Last May 2018.

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited August 2019

    Wow you found me already!!!

    I have uploaded almost 2 weeks so far. Many more to come. They have evolved into something much more substantial. These are my earliest efforts.

    Gumdoctor

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2019

    Beautiful photos, Gumdoctor! Thank you

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2019

    Gumdoctor, I am so happy to see this here!! I too am a Christian. I appreciate this thread so much. This will encourage me. Also to know I have other sisters in Christ out there going through this stage with me helps with coping.

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  • Cowgirl13
    Cowgirl13 Member Posts: 1,936
    edited August 2019

    Thank you.

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  • SandiBeach57
    SandiBeach57 Member Posts: 1,617
    edited August 2019

    Thank you for starting this thread on BCO as I am not on Facebook. You are finding beauty during these times when it is just plain hard.

    We will go on this journey together.

    S

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  • HersheyKiss
    HersheyKiss Member Posts: 550
    edited August 2019

    Hello, Gumdoctor. I am not on Facebook either, so I appreciate you sharing your lovely photos. The sleeping pussycats are delightful (I wish I could sleep like that!). I am a Christian too and will be following your thread. Thank you for starting it.

    Wishing everyone a peaceful evening.

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  • Grannax2
    Grannax2 Member Posts: 2,551
    edited September 2019

    Awesome Gumdoctor. This idea of stars a new thread allows everyone be blessed by your posts. 💞

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  • Praying4u
    Praying4u Member Posts: 9
    edited September 2019

    Gumdoctor

    Thank you so much for you wonderful posts! You really helped to raise my sprits today

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited September 2019

    One of many amazing things in life...Contrast...

    Pink/green...happy/sad...sick/well...busy/bored...unsettled/content...

    With so many contrasts...in our every day world...we take many for granted...many not even noticed...

    What one contrast can you find to enjoy...

    On this spectacular Saturday morning?

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    Gumdoctor

    (First posted on Facebook on 13JUL19)

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    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited September 2019

    Valerie McDavid

    On this Sunday morning, and every morning, know this...

    "The Peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."
    -- Phil 4:7

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    (First posted on Facebook on 14JUL19)

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited September 2019

    Those things we cannot change...what to do...

    As much as I wanted these vincas to look at me, they would not. The choice was between this view...knowing it was not their best...or...lose out on these beauties completely.

    I chose to accept what I could not change...and embrace the results...

    On this very grey Monday morning...may you accept just one thing you cannot change...then embrace whatever beauty and freedom is borne out of Acceptance...

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    (First posted on Facebook on 15JUL19)

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  • Gumdoctor
    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited September 2019

    And what about family...hmmm...

    This spectacular blackberry cluster...lovingly tended by my Divine Gift Husband...reminds me of family...

    Several unique members make up the amazing... strong whole... each at a different stage in life...some take center stage...others reside comfortably protected...yet all support each other...

    Then there's that one...the missing one... right in the middle...

    What happens when one member is no longer here... hmmm...

    Nature answers the question... each family member will go on to mature... live out their own lives in the sun... and be as happy as we can possibly imagine...

    On this calm... quiet... Tuesday morning... rest easy... they will be just fine when the time comes...

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    (First posted on Facebook on 16JUL19)

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    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited September 2019

    From the middle of the storm...

    Whenever possible... my pilot Daddy avoided flying in the storm... it can destroy... mame... even kill... precious people and things we love...

    But the storm is yet another beyond-our-control thing... it cannot always be avoided...

    If we calmly consider the storm we are in... that very one we could not avoid... we realize tremendous good can result... cleansing... nourishing... resetting life's rhythm... slowing us down... giving us that brief moment to... breathe deeply... think deeply...

    On this beautifully rainy Wednesday morning... may you experience the invisible good... coming from the very middle of the storm... may you look beyond... to even more greatness... after the storm passes...

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    (First posted in Facebook on 17JUL19)

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    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited September 2019

    You just never know what is waiting for you…in the very next moment…

    One day…the Damsel in Distress wondered… how will she survive… this impossible life Storm... With every twist and turn… the Storm did not stop… raging… growing… engulfing… stealing her life away…

    Then… her Prince Charming swept her off her feet… took her to a magical place… full of beauty and wonder… to forget the Storm… for just a moment… and together… they discovered this impossibly beautiful Damselfly...

    Even in the middle of life's raging storms… something so unbelievable… so amazing… so inexplicable... can show up… to remind you… you just never know… what is about to happen…

    They call that… H O P E…

    On this amazing Thursday... may you find the beautiful surprises awaiting you… to restore your Hope…

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    (First posted on Facebook on 18JUL19)

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    Gumdoctor Member Posts: 675
    edited September 2019

    When one door closes…another opens…

    There are doors…and then there are...DOORS…all shapes…sizes…colors…materials… patterns…but all have the same purpose…access the adjoining space…

    As the door to this life…closes…there is but one more door…to one more space...that matters…the door to eternal life…in Heaven…with God…and all those already there…

    God has the key to all doors…and only He holds the special key…to this very special final door…

    On this gorgeous, sun-drenched Friday morning…be determined to know the One who IS the key…to open that final door…to enter the glorious eternal life...awaiting you…

    "I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved…". - John 10:9

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    (First posted on Facebook on 19JUL19)

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