In the midst of treatment, I received more mail than usual. I have mentioned it before here when I talked about my passion for Christmas cards but I LOVE getting mail. There were a few people that I knew that sent me a handwritten note at least every week during those ten months. Then a couple times I would get a note from someone I had never met. Crazy, huh? See, my friend Caroline, who shares her art of connecting women into community, asked a few ladies she knew in NC to reach out to me with handwritten notes in my mailbox. Speaking of fighting off the discouragement.
So imagine the day when I got to actually meet these women and see that they were as sweet in person as the cards they sent to a complete stranger. Caroline graciously brought us all together to celebrate her 40th Birthday with her at North Topsail Island, NC. {Read more about it here.} The time of bonding with these ladies during that beach trip was an experience unlike anything I had ever experienced in my life. It was the body of Christ being extended, and love and community was the undeniable result. It was during this trip that I was also introduced to the world of Instagram and blogging. Pretty crazy really when I think about it how God wove all that together for me.
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