A helping hand

Thanks Donna for sharing about talking to a stranger.

When I was still the owner of my shop that I sold in February of this year, a young woman walked into my shop.

I took one look at her wearing her colourful headscalf and her grey like skin colour and knew she was a cancer patient. As it turned out it was breast cancer she was being treated for. It reminded  me of how I looked when going through chemo and i said to her "You're not well darling are you?" Then as she looked at me squarely in the face I could see the raw emotion as she started to tell me her story. I then told her that I too had breast cancer in 2011 and that it was ok to talk about it if she wanted too.

When we had both finished saying what we had to say about our cancer journeys she told me that when she was at the ANZ bank next door she had an uncontrollable urge to come into my shop. I owned a newsagency so it was obvious the jackpot may have had something to do with it, but she said "No it was the fact that something drew her to come in that she could not understand.?" When the woman left I was in tears, not only for her journey but for my own. Just then a man approached the counter and said "Look I hope you don't mind me overhearing what you two lovely ladies were chatting about, but my own sister is going through breast cancer too, and listening to your stories give me hope that my sister will get through it too"

The power of conversation is spiritual and uplifting for many and I hope you continue your journey with strength as I have. xxx Mia