tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075583501809046053.post8178594261583887787..comments2023-07-13T05:17:28.444-07:00Comments on CoffeeMommy: Cancer Puberty - Growing Back into Healthcoffeemommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09544791942463716219noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075583501809046053.post-14119733739367903742014-08-07T11:47:02.189-07:002014-08-07T11:47:02.189-07:00Love it Rebecca and thank you.
Indeed I marked eve...Love it Rebecca and thank you.<br />Indeed I marked every significant step during treatment and recovery and I know that definitely helped my mental and physical health. <br />I suppose I can remove myself from the emotional limbo in the same manner I've dealt with everything else... I need to register for another run/bike/tri race!coffeemommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09544791942463716219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3075583501809046053.post-61540781805689169572014-08-06T15:59:15.525-07:002014-08-06T15:59:15.525-07:00Personally, I find that we are missing a kind of b...Personally, I find that we are missing a kind of bridging ceremony. In church when the teens move out of middle school into high school, we have a bridging ceremony where they are welcomed into youth group. Again, we do a ceremony when the transition from being youth (teenagers) to young adults - entering into the world of college. These ceremonies are quite emotional, but also help to signify significant occasions in our live journey. I find that I myself personally creating these transitions. I shall have my breast memorial ceremony in Hawaii - it may not be one specific event, but may turn into a week of snorkelling topless whenever I can manage it - but it signifies a transition. My next transition will be post surgery recovery ... I'm looking at the Avon Walk as a way to mark that transition ... in that same timeframe I'll be jumping back into academia - attending conferences ... questioning my new academic identity ... especially if I can manage a project based on breast cancer blogging ... which will definitely cause my worlds to overlap ... but back to my point ... in our various support groups, we seem to lack the celebration of milestones and what we need to move aware from "warrior" status (active treatment) to survivor status (NED ... preventative treatment). And I think that transition is significant .. just as significant as a graduation ceremony!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03684959311585984577noreply@blogger.com