Breast Cancer

Sarah,
Welcome to CSN. There are MANY good women here to chat with. I am sure you will find support. God bless
-Michael (leukemia survivor)

Hi Sarah, I'm Claudia. I was diagnosed and treated starting September 2005. I'm still in treatment but doing great. It seems that every time I start feeling down or wondering how long this can all go on. One of my friends or family send me something that helps make it all a little easier.

The following was sent to me by a friend and it made me smile. I'm passing my smile on to you.

A little girl went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jelly jar from
its hiding place in the closet.

She poured the change out on the floor and counted it carefully.
Three times, even. The total had to be exactly perfect. No chance
here
for mistakes.

Carefully placing the coins back in the jar and twisting on the cap,
she slipped out the back door and made her way 6 blocks to Rexall's
Drug
Store with the big red Indian Chief sign above the door.

She waited patiently for the pharmacist to give her some attention
but he was too busy at this moment. Tess twisted her feet to make a
scuffing noise. Nothing. She cleared her throat with the most
disgusting sound she could muster. No good Finally she took a
quarter from her jar and banged ! it on the glass counter. That did
it!

"And what do you want?" the pharmacist asked in an annoyed tone of
voice. I'm talking to my brother from Chicago whom I haven't seen
in ages," he said without waiting for a reply to his question.



"Well, I want to talk to you about my brother," Tess answered back
in the same annoyed tone. "He's really, really sick... and I want to
buy a miracle."

" I beg your pardon?" said the pharmacist.

" His name is Andrew and he has something bad growing inside his
head and my Daddy says only a miracle can save him now. So how much
does a miracle cost?"

"We don't sell miracles here, little girl. I'm sorry but I can't
help you,! " the pharmacist said, softening a little.

"Listen, I have the money to pay for it. If it isn't enough, I will
get the rest. Just tell me how much it costs."

The pharmacist's brother was a well dressed man. He stooped down
and asked the! little girl, "What kind of a miracle does your brother
need?"

" I don't know," Tess replied with her eyes welling up. I just know
he's really sick and Mommy says he needs an operation. But my Daddy
can't pay for it, so I want to use my money."

" How much do you have?" asked the man from Chicago.

"One dollar and eleven cents," Tess answered barely audibly.


"And it's all the money I have, but I can get some more if I need
to."

"Well, what a coincidence," smiled the man. "A dollar and eleven
cents---the exact price of a miracle for little brothers. "

He took her money in one hand and with the other hand he grasped her
mitten and said "Take me to where you live. I want to see your
brother and meet your parents. Let's see if I have the miracle you
need."

That well dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon,
specializing in neuro-surgery. The operation was completed free of
charge and it wasn't long until Andrew was home again and doing well.

Mom and Dad w! ere happily talking about the chain of events that had
led them to this place.

That surgery," her Mom whispered. "was a real miracle. I wonder how
much it would have cost?"

Tess smiled. She knew exactly how much a miracle cost...one dollar
and eleven cents .... plus the faith of a little child..

In our lives, we never know how many miracles we will need..


A miracle is not the suspension of natural law, but the operation of
a higher law.