The Calm After the Storm

I will relish that calm after the storm when I leave that hospital knowing it didn't break me.

BY Kate Beland

PUBLISHED March 09, 2018

Kate Beland does not believe that cancer defines her. She is an athlete, a marathoner, a mother, a wife and a writer. When she is not conducting her three-ring circus act, she is busy kicking late stage melanoma's butt and keeping herself sane through her writing and running: https://www.facebook.com/runningandcancer/ or www.runliftbreathe.blogspot.com

To my fellow Storm Troopers,

You will find the calm after the storm. I promise you that. Just remember this, make sure to let it in. And make sure that this is your prime focus. When you are done with your treatment, that doesn't mean you don't have healing left to do. I'm not talking about the physical stuff, either. You will always have physical remnants of having had cancer and fighting it hard.

But I am talking about that pain and those scars that come emotionally. If you are anything like me, those are the wounds that hurt the most. I can physically limp my way through just about anything. But what goes on in my head...that's a whole other story.

These are my wishes for you as I continue to work on them for myself: