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~~~Karin~~~

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About Me


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I am a breast cancer survivor....on May 16th, 2007, I completed nine months of treatment, with two surgeries, radical chemotherapy, and thirty sessions of radiation. There are never any adequate words to describe the trauma...but it's over, and for now, I'm closing that book. If cancer comes back...so be it...I'll deal with that when the time comes.
I have the love of my family, and friends to thank for my ability to cope. I was blessed enough to have quite a few angels that also inspired me to go on, when the going got tough!!!
Cancer is close to my heart...My Mom died of it, my oldest sister is terminal, and I lost the best friend I have ever had to cancer, two years ago...None of them had breast cancer...
I go on now...I am strong, determined, and happy to be alive!!! And most of all...I am not afraid!!!
Okay, it's December of 2007, and I will not be sad to put this year behind me!! I am blessed to still be here, and I am grateful for that...but the year simply sucked...lol. I feel great, better than I have in years, I'm happy, contented, and busy!!! My life is centered around my beautiful family...New Year's Eve 2007
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My Interests


These are my kids and I....

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FIGHT BREAST CANCER

I live about a mile from the Gulf of Mexico, in NW central Florida, with the whitest beaches in the world, along with aqua and emerald seas...I enjoy scuba diving, swimming, visits to the beach, going with the fam to Vortex, (they know where that is lol).I enjoy creative writing, spending time with my family, and grandchildren, listening to good music and reading, reading, reading..

You know, if I must say so myself, I have a good-looking family...and here they are:

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I'd like to meet:


God, of course...but just not quite yet, hahaha! I have way too much left to do!!!

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Music:



I consider myself to be very eclectic when it comes to music...thanks to my exposure to music from my Grandparents to my hip-hop son. To list all of who I like/love would be impossible to do..so I'll name those that come to mind:
U2, Sting, the late Jeff Buckley, The Kosmos, Elya...a great pianist from Israel, Van Morrison, John Mellencamp,Candlebox, Staind, Coldplay, Stone Sour, Bush, Loreena McKennitt, Racheal Yamagata, Brandy Vaughn, The McCoy Brothers, Dave Matthews Band, Iron and Wine, Mike Vitale, Tom Clark, Fuel, Korn, Default, Dispatch, Sia, Paolo Nutini, Blinside,Venusberg, Lionel Ritchie, Stevie Wonder, Stevie Nicks, and a thousand more...
I also give credit to so many classical artists:
Franz Listz, Bach, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, and Chopin to name a few...



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Books:




The King James version of the bible, first and foremost.... 'Beachmusic', by Pat Conroy, 'Green Darkness', by Anya Seton, Terry Goodkind, Jennifer Fallon, George R.R. Martin. Patricia Cornwell, James Patterson, Ann Rule, all of John Grissom's books, some history, war, and many other fantasies...

Heroes:



Jesus Christ...who died for us all..My Dad.....who died when I was fourteen...my Mom, who died of a cancerous brain tumor when I was twenty-one, and my oldest Sister, who is terminally ill with thyroid carcinoma now, and last, but not least, my best friend that died of lung cancer at the age of forty-three...'DeeDee, I know you, along with my parents, are my guardian angels now, and I love you!!!'

My Blog

Fate

  I did not choose to fall in love...love chose me...I believe that there is a certain ’destiny’, when it comes to the heart...and yes, it is like the story of ’Seasons’, ...
Posted by ~~~Karin~~~ on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:40:00 PST

My Best Friend

 One of the greatest tragedies to me, is the immortality of the internet...You see, you never die to Yahoo Messenger, or to My Space...you live on...  Everytime I get on Yahoo Messenger, I s...
Posted by ~~~Karin~~~ on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:19:00 PST

Gods Children

 The world is a place of wonder, and love is the greatest wonder of them all. One of my co-workers lost everything he owned in a house fire, and I was honored to be a witness of the miracle that ...
Posted by ~~~Karin~~~ on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:52:00 PST

Epitaph to Death

  I buried yet another relative today...It was a surreal event, as I almost believe that I've become de-synthesized to death...Being that I have buried more than my fair share of those that I lov...
Posted by ~~~Karin~~~ on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:09:00 PST

No Greater Power....than love....

  Sometimes...when I am alone, and the quietness of the night settles into my soul, I contemplate my life, and where I'll be even two years from now. It sounds like such a simple task, but after ...
Posted by ~~~Karin~~~ on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:30:00 PST

Happy Birthday Mom...

Time seems to speed rapidly onward, as I reflect upon the fact that it has been twenty-five years ago that my Mother died of a brain tumor. Mom was a very young fifty-two years old, and because of thi...
Posted by ~~~Karin~~~ on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:37:00 PST

To All My Awesome Friends & Family!!!

Alot of you are on my friends list because of breast cancer...There are those of you who are battling the disease..and there are those of  you who are battling for the cause..there are also ...
Posted by ~~~Karin~~~ on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:07:00 PST

10 Little Things

Here are the rules. . . Once you're tagged, you write a blog listing 10 weird random things, little things about you!  Little known Acts or Habits about yourself. At the end, chose 10 other peop...
Posted by ~~~Karin~~~ on Sun, 20 May 2007 08:02:00 PST

Am I done yet?

If someone would have told me just a year ago, that I would be laying on a table receiving my LAST radiation treatment, and crying at the same time...I would've laughed at them.' Not me', I'd have sai...
Posted by ~~~Karin~~~ on Wed, 16 May 2007 08:53:00 PST

From my daughter Sharilyn

..> Heroes My mother is my hero.Because she is the only woman under 115 pounds that can fight Chemo and breast cancer.She is on her last treatment,then she will be starting radiation.I hope every1 p...
Posted by ~~~Karin~~~ on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 07:44:00 PST