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A Marriage Proposal. What did our heroine say?

Last Monday, Beverly Morris, a friend and personal trainer, had her first post and invited all readers to join the chronicling of her journey to wellness after a breast cancer diagnosis. Beverly shared how this news came soon after learning of her son’s suicide.Well, there’s another wrinkle in the fabric of her story. And it’s a big one.

Here’s Beverly:

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Beverly going through some stretching exercises with James at the gym today.

 

“The Monday of Christmas week is upon us. The big question . . . when is my surgery?

When the doctors told me that I had breast cancer, they said we had to move quickly.

So I cancelled my flight to California. I planned on my oldest son and his daughters the second week of December. I had not seen them in over a year. My grandbabies were so heartbroken but my doctor said we need to move soon.

Then the doctors realized, I had no insurance.

I went through all the how-in-the-world-will-I pay-for-this worries. You guys who train with me. It’s going to have to be overtime, Boys and Girls.

However, in the midst of all my worrying. . . I did get a wedding invite — as in a proposal of marriage.

A good friend of mine, Mr. Strawberry Man, asked me to marry him. A very sweet offer because he has great insurance.

I had to remind him that I did not love him.

He responded, “I know that.”

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James (not to be confused with Mr. Strawberry Man) looks like he’s a little tight.

 

I’ve been single now for 20 years. So for all the single ladies, I have found how you can get a man.  Tell them you have breast cancer…

While Mr. Strawberry Man was very sweet and could have saved me a lot of time, stress and I would have finally gotten married; I knew it was not right.

Then I would have been relying on Mr. Strawberry Man and not God.

As soon as I made the decision that my hope and care is up to God, I got a phone call from my doctor who told me about an emergency medical assistance program not many people know about. I went and applied. Our county services didn’t even know about it. They said I was the first person in the county to have ever applied.

I don’t know how much they will cover? But I know that God is all in this….

God is always giving us a star. When the Wisemen looked up and saw the star, they took it as a sign. They knew there was something different about this one. They followed it not knowing where it was going to take them.

Look for that Star in your life. Keep looking up, ready to follow it.

In all that happens in life, there is a purpose. If only we can trust him to allow the purpose to happen even though we may not understand it.

His plans are good. His ways are higher than our understanding.

Be not moved by what we hear or see and step-by-step keep looking up for that Star.

I’ll keep you posted on when surgery will be. If this is the path I have to take, let’s get’r done.

Thank you all for taking this journey with me.”

 

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And once again, James is not Mr. Strawberry Man. Maybe we ought to have a post revealing Mr. Strawberry Man?

 

So our heroine — who could beat the cr@p out of most heroes — awaits news on a date for her surgery. She had a friend step in and offer to marry her, so she could share his health insurance.

Knowing that she didn’t want to marry someone for the wrong — no matter how honorable — reason, she trusts that God will provide. And she’s already applied for emergency federal funding.

Keep our superhero, Beverly in your prayers.

And leave her a holler in the comments.

 

 

           

           

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