Welcome to Sunflower Chronicles
I’m Sandra. thank you for visiting. I love to look at life through a lens of positivity, seeking bright moments among the challenges that will inevitably be part our lives. Over the last few years as I faced an especially difficult health crisis, I adopted one of my favorite quotes as a personal mantra:
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It’s what the sunflowers do.” – Helen Keller.
This mantra gave me resiliance and hope. I noticed cheerful sunflowers everywhere and was reminded to turn my face towards the sunshine and cling to faith. I especially loved the ones growing bravely along country roads. I was inspired to look for joy even in the tough moments. My hope is that through the sharing of story, you too will see sunflowers along life’s winding path.
A Kiss Goodbye
I’ve been browsing through photographs and memories this past week, remembering mom.There’s so much to say, yet I struggle to find words.It’s her birthday. And the anniversary of her death. Mom was born on January 22, 1933, and given a beautiful name: Angelique. This...
The Sound of Silence
I am being drawn into silence. On a typical morning when I sit in my study, I begin the day by listening to a guided mediation. I tend to be a bit restless, even in a contemplative posture my mind is busy. Frequently, I have to pause the daily meditation and back it...
Behold! I’m doing a new thing!
There is a light blanket of fresh snow blanketing the lawn this first morning of 2024. I greet this day, this new year, with hope and enthusiasm.
As so many of us do at the dawn of a new year, I’ve been reflecting on the journey of the last few years. And like many I confess to thinking: “Surely this year will be easier than the last.”
In spring of 2022, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and began the challenging path of treatment. December 28, 2022, with great relief I rang the bell, signifying the end of chemotherapy. I was excited for 2023 even as I knew it would hold more challenges, starting with a bilateral mastectomy in January.
I had no idea what lay ahead…
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