Seeking to expand my “Little World,” I entered the “Blogosphere World” in mid-January 2013. Retired in 2010, my husband and I relocated to a new state thousands of miles away from children, family and friends.
Some three years later, blogging “Launched ME” into Cyberspace.” My ever expanding “Online World” has “Opened the Door” to new people, places and things all around the world. Blogging allows “ME to be ME.” Blogging is the “Voice” that had remained silent for many, many years due to my own self-inflicted anxiety and low self-esteem.
Though, I am a novice blogger, my confidence level is growing daily. Why – the people, who have supported, aided and guided me since I embarked on this new journey.
- First, thank you to those who “visited, liked and/or commented” on my posts. I am grateful and appreciate your taking the time to enter my “Online World.”
- Second, to those bloggers “I follow,” thankful and appreciative for your enlightening and informative posts.
- Finally, a “special thank you” to Misifusa’s Blog, http://misifusa.wordpress.com. I look forward to reading your posts. I connect with you on a personal level — a “Sister Breast Cancer Survivor” as well as your February 19, 2013 “What’s in a Name” post.
So to my new Blogosphere friends the following are a few —-
Random Facts About Me
- I am one of the 198,682 people in the U.S. with the first name Yvonne
- My daily routine upon rising, is writing my “Morning Gratitude Note.” Beginning with “Bless be the Day for ME and Mine,” and generally followed with a word or sentence expressing why I am grateful. This note is placed into my “Gratitude Jar.”
- Nightly, just before retiring, I write in my online “Gratitude Journal” five things that happened during the day for which I am grateful. I finish with, “Blessed be the Night for ME and Mine.” If expressing gratitude to a specific person, place, or thing, I attach related digital photos.
- Unrealistic FEAR prevents “ME” from performing monthly self-breast exams. For the past five years, I have lied to my oncologist when asked the dreaded question about self-breast exams. Hope, sharing this fact in “Blogosphere” will rid “ME” of this phobia.
- I meditate for thirty minutes every day for relaxation and inner peace.
- On my special “Sabbath Day,” which can be any day during the week, I choose to do only what honors, pleases and uplifts “ME.”
- I blog because it makes “ME” happy.
- I took my first Yoga class this past week.
- When someone or something enters my space and creates toxicity, my inner voice says either: (1) “This is the day the Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalms 118.22 (NIV), or (2) “I will not allow anyone to steal my joy.” Then, I will immediately seek a way to disengage.
Loving This Season of My Life!!!!
SeasonedSistah 
Good job SS2.
JT
Sent from my iPad
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I mean this with all the due respect that a woman like you should have…you are such a “cool chick” Yvonne! 🙂 And please start doing those breast exams not just for yourself but for everyone around you that loves you so!
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Hi Lisa
Just have to get better with checking my blog comments. I so appreciate your taking the time to follow me as I meander through the blogosphere world. March 2013, 61 months after my diagnosis, I will commit to perform a monthly self-breast exam. Today, I promise to google and find a site to guide me through the process. I admit to “shutting down” when information and/or demonstrations on “how to do a self-breast exam” crossed my path.
As I reply to your comments. Certainly, it hit me. I have no trouble “claiming the status of a breast dancer survivor” through pink clothing, pink pens/pencils, pink jewelry, pink stuffed teddy bear sitting on my bed, etc — yet FEAR prevents me from doing the very thing to up the possibility of my continuing to be a survivor.
Take care.
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