You Are Beautiful!

I will believe the truth about myself

no matter how beautiful it is.

                              -Macrina Wiederkehr in 

Seven Sacred Pauses

To my mother, Lois Hankins, who always taught me that true beauty is found on the inside and a woman's most important curve is her smile.*

Thank you.

Mom, you are beautiful!

Below are pics of my mom getting a short haircut before starting chemo, choosing a wig and trying on hats:

Cancer is powerful,

but it is not strong enough to destroy beauty.

"The curve of a woman's smile is her most important curve." - from Ann Voskamp's blog.