How do you measure....

A Year in the Life.... So many people have crossed our path, so many lives we have been honored to touch with the comfort of a small basket, a get well card, a telephone call. How do you measure your life? Do you have a day to day routine,a regular job, wonderful family and friends even a few activities during the week or weekend. Each and every person measures their life differently. 

Once you have a cancer diagnosis this routine changes, your days are different, your nights consist of new routines, new 'to do lists', your family takes on a new role of care giver, nurse, and google expert. (each of you who have ever supported someone battling cancer knows what this means)

We all have a place in this world, Our stay here might not be long for everyone we do choose the writing on our headstone. 

We are blessed to have our place in this world, a world so full of uncertainty, violence, tragedy... and of course a place in this world still so full of Love, Compassion, Commitment, Loyalty... yes it still exists. 

With each step we take we can decide to walk on someone, walk around them or walk beside them. You choose. We did. 

Battling Life Together has been a journey for each of the BLT Ladies as well, we have met new and wonderful people. Found so much love surrounding this journey and compassion for each other. We are paying it forward everyday. We have each experienced this disease from different perspectives, not physically diagnosed with the disease we carry it in our hearts, on our minds and have clear memories of each person we have walked this journey with. 

With the right steps every minute can be useful, helpful, healing and memorable. 529.600 minutes... how will you spend yours? 

Believe

Time ..... believe every minute will take you to the next hour, the next day, week or month. 

Hope....believe you have a chance to redeem yourself, ask for forgiveness, fulfill a mission.

Compassion... believe others show compassion in different ways, to different people, for different reasons. There are still good compassionate people in the world. 

Battling Life Together takes all of these things seriously because we Believe. We believe in each other, we believe in you. We believe in our God, we believe in our Soldiers and their supporters. What do you believe in? Do you believe you can make a change that you can show compassion to others, to yourself.

We all have a struggle, a complaint now and again. No matter how big or small it can be hurtful to deal with if you feel you are "alone". Believe that you have someone who will understand, someone who will listen, someone who wants you to share your heartache with them. Battling Life Together is here, so you are not alone and others are here for you too. 
Be strong, be confident, be yourself and most importantly Believe.....

Love and Comfort from your Faithful Founding Members of Battling Life Together. Where you are never alone in the journey you are on.

Life is Change

“Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air...but only for one second without hope.”

― Hal Lindsey

 

It is Hope that makes change possible, without Hope we have nothing. With every sunrise brings change, with every sunset more change. BLT has experienced many changes as we have grown and we will continue to grow and change and our journey, our mission remains the same. To our Soldiers we Battle On for you, because of you. 

 

We are set out to sail the seas of change, to change the lives of those we touch, to comfort the individuals and families touched by Cancer. 

 

Sweet change, we breathe in the Hope that surrounds us all. 

 

Much Love,

Battling Life Together

 

Together we are Never Alone

BLT Charm

Battling Life Together continues to receive an outpouring of Support from our community near and far. We have recently received this blessing from Cathy's Creations Jewelry to print a charm for BLT and part of the proceeds will benefit BLT's mission of helping those fighting cancer and their caregivers.

I hope you will take the time and go to her site and purchase one or many today for you, your friends, your family. The Ribbon is colorless to represent ALL Cancers- Cancer is fought by so many in so many ways and we want BLT will continue to represent how Together we are Never Alone!

http://www.cathyscreationsjewelry.com/BLT-Battling-Life-Together-Pendant-BLP-p-1.htm

2 Years have Passed

Time has gone by so quickly, we are celebrating two years as Battling Life Together on 10/10/12. Since the start we have seen many changes. Milestones have been met, obstacles overcome; we became an official Non Profit 501-C3 organization in July of this year. We are now moving forward to raise money and get involved with the larger organizations, Cancer Centers, Hospice facilities etc. We have touched so many lives in many different ways. Even more so we have been touched, changed, improved because of each and every one. We have made so many new friends, supporters, and met many BLT Soldiers along the way. Sadly a few have earned their wings and we pay tribute to them by paying it forward and continuing to do our work and providing others on this journey a little comfort and a lot of support. 

Each of us Thank You for being here with us so far and pray each of you and more will be by our side to continue on for many more years to come. 

Come visit us and friend our page on Facebook and get a chance to win a gift - 2 winners will be chosen from our list of friends you can be one of them if you aren't already! 

What BLT is all about.... It could be you, me or a stranger in another state. BLT is Battling Life Together so that none of us are ever alone. Cancer Sucks. Yep I said it, sometimes I want to shout it from the rooftops, but now we use that energy in a different way by providing comfort to others that are living it. All of us as members of BLT have battled it, currently fighting it, fighting against it, holding someone up that is fighting it. Why not use what you have and put your arms around someone who may not have the strength today to do it for themselves but because of you they will have more strength tomorrow.

So many now share our passion, our journey our mission to comfort others - you can be part of this. Contact BLT today and we will let you know how. Do you know someone that could use a smile, a child that is fighting the fight of their young life, how a coloring book and gift package might make their day, even a grand parent struggling the battle or caring for their own child fighting CANCER. Yes Cancer Sucks, but we can all be more passionate, caring and persistent in helping others.

Fund Raising for BLT

What's Happening in the world of BLT.... 

Kim Knight is doing a fundraiser for BLT! With her Scentsy Business! There are different ways to raise money for the organization ! You can do a book or home party or a online party through her web site www.knightk.scentsy.us
 Just order under the BLT Fundraiser. 25% of each purchase will go to BLT! Also the person who purchases the most Kim will give you a warmer and scent! This goes on from today 4/13/2012 until May 14! Thanks to all that can help! Spread the word so BLT can continue to spread the love to Cancer Patients.

Also on April 21st BLT will be at a local Establishment - Crystals Cool Collections - http://crystalscoolcollection.org/
Beginning at 10 a.m. -5 p.m. Music, Food, Local Artists - Supporting the American Cancer Society

We hope to see you there.

Raffle Tickets for 2 hand made and donated chairs - you can stain and or paint them to your liking. Tickets are $3 each or 2 tickets for $5. Get yours today - Drawing to be held Memorial Day 2012!

Just a few of our recent donations - Thank You!