Cancer and Loving You Through It

I grew up listening to country music. During my teen years I could sing every Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings song ever written (not as well as they could, but I could sing them).

On hot summer nights my friends and I would roll our car windows down and belt out “Goodhearted Woman” at the top of our lungs. Not too long ago I went to a Willie Nelson concert. His voice and his songs brought back lots of memories.

I am also a Kentucky Headhunter fan. I went to school with Richard and Fred Young and when their album (Picking on Nashville) won three Country Music Association awards, an Academy of Country Music award and a Grammy Award, I couldn’t have been more proud.

Country Music  Cuts To The Heart

Last week a friend sent me a text message about a country song she had heard that she thought I would like. I made a mental note to look it up on YouTube and then got busy and forgot about it. This morning I remembered and I think it’s one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard.

It’s Martina McBride’s song called “I’m Gonna Love You Through It.”

As you know NanaHood is pink (and staying pink) for a reason.  I have never forgotten the moment I found out my mother had cancer and I won’t forget where I was or what I was doing when I learned that my cousin Martha would be fighting breast cancer for the third time. Breast cancer stinks. I HATE it and what it does. October is breast cancer awareness month and I have something planned for my NanaHood Friends and Family that I will be announcing really soon. So stay tuned.

Until then…

For all my friends and family members who have fought and are fighting breast cancer, this song is for you.  Keep praying for a cure. Keep fighting. I love you, God loves you, and we’re gonna love you through it!

 

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13 Comments

  1. Thanks for going pink! My mom was also dx with breast CA and she didn’t make it through the struggle. Hopefully one day there will really be a cure and no one else will have to suffer form this.

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  3. Country music makes me cry EVERY TIME. Maybe that’s why I don’t really listen to it 😉

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  4. October has me going pink too. Breast cancer has taken the lives of 3 women who mean the world to me… most recently, last fall. I actually got a pink ribbon tattoo last year in their honor. I know what you mean about walking around remembering right where you were… I hate what breast cancer does to the patients who are diagnosed with it and to their families who are watching them hurt so much.
    Martina’s got a knack for making us all cry right? I still don’t know how she sings that song without breaking down herself!
    I’m really curious to see what Nanahood has planned for October. I’ll be coming back to check it out!

  5. Thanks for linking up with us at Thoughtful Thursday blog hop. Am now a follower of your blog and also twitter.

    I honestly don’t dare to listen to that song, because just reading your post already made my eyes watered. I also think your blog is powerful and yet very loving. I hope more and more people gets to read what you have to say.

    Glad to have found your blog!

  10. Hi Deb, What a sweet post and I so understand about your mom. I lost mine in 1990 and I think of her every day and miss her still. The song is beautiful! Thinking of you tonight and understanding the ache in your heart.

  11. I just took a peek at the lyrics to see if I dared listen while at the office. The answer is, heck no. I got something in both my eyes just reading the first three lines, and I don’t think it has to do (fully) with having just stumbled upon a March entry I began with the words, “At 2:35pm on March 4, 2010, my mother lost her battle with cancer.”

    I’m going to listen tonight, though, after my little one has gone to bed and I have a little space to just feel it.

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  13. She wasn’t kidding about the kleenex. What a beautiful song. I’m so proud to call you my friend. You were there for me when Mother was dying and you are always there for everyone who needs a hug. I know Martha knows how blessed she is to have you.

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