Sometimes I start to feel sorry for myself, and then I get real.

I kick myself in the behind and remind myself of ALL my blessings.
I also remind myself that there are others, who are fighting real battles. Not just battling self pitty, fighting REAL fights. And some of these people, are kicking themselves in the behind and not feeling sorry for their suffering, so how dare I?

Tonight, Ashley of http://www.lilblueboo.com/ shared a video on her blog. You can see it for yourself here: http://www.lilblueboo.com/2012/01/a-rite-of-passage-a-video.html

Ashley is fighting cancer. I’ve been following her blog for quite some time now. I can’t even remember how I first came across it, but I’m sure it had something to do with the creativity. I was simply following a fellow crafter, diy’er, a fellow mom.

I continue to follow now because I stand amazed, at the strength, and the joy, in the midst of fighting cancer.

Ashley shares on her blog tonight about shaving her head, she says, ” It’s just hair.”

But in reality, while watching her video, it’s so much much more then hair.

It’s her mother, being a role model, being a strength, for her daughter and her granddaughter.

It’s a friend, helping a friend.

It’s family, being there for family.

It’s a young girl, watching her mother be strong, be joyful.

It’s a husband, a father, loving his wife no matter what.

And it’s a woman. A woman, being herself.

A woman, being beautiful, and fighting.

It’s so much more then just hair.