10/09/2026
One of the most difficult parts of sharing my breast cancer journey is acknowledging that I found the lump, but I delayed getting it checked.
Not because I didn’t care about my health, but because I was so busy taking care of everyone and everything else that I kept putting myself on the back burner.
Life was happening!
My family was navigating a difficult season. I was working several jobs, managing family responsibilities, meeting the needs of others, and remaining committed to ministry assignments.
There was always something that needed my attention, someone who needed my help, somewhere I needed to be, or something that needed to get done.
And somewhere in the middle of taking care of everybody else, I kept postponing taking care of ME!
I told myself I would make the appointment after the holidays. I convinced myself that once things settled down, I would have time to address what I had discovered.
As women, wives, mothers, caregivers, and leaders, we can become so accustomed to putting everyone else first that neglecting ourselves begins to feel normal.
We make sure everyone else has what they need.
We show up for everybody.
We carry responsibilities that sometimes leave us physically exhausted and emotionally drained.
We keep going, even when we need to stop.
SIS, YOU MATTER TOO!
Your health matters.
Your well-being matters.
Your life matters.
And the people you love need you to take care of yourself, too.
If I could go back and speak to the woman I was when I first discovered that lump, I would tell her:
“Everything and everybody else can wait long enough for you to take care of yourself. Make the appointment!”
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