As most of you know, this has been my mantra for a long, long time. When you’re constantly faced with hard things, when hope is hard to find you must decide how to proceed. Options are either: give in to the hard things and be defeated or find the gumption to fight. I and my sister from another mister, chose the latter.
Tonight, my best friend since I was 10, and I went and got tattoos together. We talked about doing this years ago after I relapsed with my CIDP and she was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer; that at the end of her chemo we would celebrate with Just Keep Swimming tattoos.
So, we did just that. I got a sea turtle tattood on my wrist. The sea turtle has several meanings for me. One, it’s the mascot for CIDP which basically means I might be slow but I will eventually get to my destination. Two, sea turtles swim slowly but can cover a large distance, so Just Keep Swimming applies to them too. Even though the journey may take awhile, not giving up is the key.
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