Fortitude is defined as the mental strength that enables courage in the face of adversity.
Every day I awake, every day I take a breath I realize that I am using inner strength. I admit that this task is becoming increasingly difficult. Some days the pain is larger than I am. Some days, I don't feel like it. Plain and simple. Almost a toddler like spirit decides to have a temper tantrum and be done with all of it.
This disease seems bigger than me. Doctors are giving me impossible choices.
As I approach the New Year, as I start Effy's Book of Days, I am starting anew. I chose a word that will define my future. I chose Fortitude. But as the blog post was born, I realized that the word was a starting point.
Spunk and Spirit; my twins who will travel with me this year. Spunk and Spirit will help me overcome this disease. Spunk and Spirit will allow me to wake up fighting each and every day.
1 comment:
I can relate to waking up to pain and misery each and every day. It can get you down some days.
Hang in there. Spunk and Spirit sound like great companions to take you into 2012!! :):)
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