A Holiday Miracle
I wasn’t planning on getting this personal so early in our relationship – after all, we’re just getting to know each other – but I have to share this story because it is truly miraculous.
Last year this month, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was very advanced, and by June, it had spread to her bones. We were told there was no cure, that she was in “palliative care.”
A few weeks ago, she started to experience some pain in her back and legs, so she went for an MRI to determine how much the tumours on her spine had grown. We all had a deep sense of foreboding. I started trying to mentally prepare myself for losing her, which is an impossible task, especially because our lives our so intertwined. I am her only child, we are business partners, she has helped me raise my daughter, we share a summer home in Maine, and let’s face it, I still feel totally dependent on her for most everything. To say we are close is an understatement. I love her so much and have spent the past few weeks waiting for the results in a sort of numbed denial.
On the day she was supposed to call for the results, I burst in our office and said, “Don’t call for the results. Let’s just act as if you’re totally well. We don’t need to know.”
She said, “I’ve already decided I’m well.” She didn’t call for the results that day, and we were happy.
She called the next day. The nurse told her the tumours were GONE. They had shrunk to the point of being indiscernable on the MRI. Today, my mom is cancer-free. She is, according to her nurse, in stage ZERO. Can you BELIEVE it?? It is an absolute miracle. From stage four to stage zero!
Tonight we celebrated at Auberge du Pommier. I am so grateful. Isn’t amazing just to know that anything is possible?
Celebrating life
I love you Marsha
The Au Lit "Board of Directors": Husband Mig, Mom & Jessie
Joanna Goodman is Co-Owner and Creative Director of LIV by Au Lit and Au Lit Fine Linens. Joanna is also an accomplished author and Mommy.
