Laura Starner

First, I surrounded myself with positive people; positive talk and I didn’t listen to the negative stories. Positive people are those people who pour into your life instead of those people who constantly take from you. I had a positive note on my bathroom mirror and a positive note in my car. No matter what you’re going through today and no matter what you’re facing, here are three things you can do to keep yourself in a positive space.

I’m somewhere between walking on eggshells and euphoria because a couple weeks ago I went for what could be my last blood draw for my oncologist. In December, I was a 10 year breast cancer survivor and while I celebrate I have recurrence in the back of my mind

Lord my God, I call to you for help, and you healed me. Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise. Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.

I was given a 56% chance to live 5 years and well the doctors didn’t even speak about anything beyond 5 years. I received that diagnosis, over the phone, 10 years ago today and HE has been with me every day. He will be with you when you feel you can’t face another day. He will be with you as you lay on the radiation table just praying they don’t radiate your eyes or brain due to a malfunction.