Mother's Day

God gave me the most kind hearted, tender hearted, loving, beautiful, sweet, sensitive, giving and forgiving mom in the world. If I could only be a fraction of what she was, I will have done very well. She loved everyone. She was hospitable.

She was not selfish...she didn't have a selfish bone in her body. She made our house the kind of home that not only we wanted to be there , but all our friends wanted to be there. In college our friends would come home for the weekend and stay with us, rather than going to their own homes.

She cooked and baked, she smiled and patted, she joked and laughed, she worked and worked. I never saw her in the bed in the morning....not one time, while I was growing up. She knitted our sweaters, sewed our clothes ,knitted our slippers, she made bread, she made her own soap(!), she cooked roasts and hams in the middle of the week, she made cakes, and pies from scratch...she made donuts ( how do you like her now?)

She made peace, she made up, she made nice....she laid down her life for us. She never complained, she was never loud, she never brawled or argued....we didn't have to hear stories about how her back hurt or she how she was tired. Her spirit was sweet. She was gentle, humble, meek, kind, good, faithful, peaceful, faithful, and full of self control.

She didn't complain about the details of bringing us into the world(childbirth). She didn't backbite, she didn't gossip, she didn't talk about people, she didn't have malice. She didn't manipulate, she didn't control, she didn't connive, she didn't lie. She did what was right, no matter the consequences, no matter the price. She keep her word, no matter how tired, no matter how hard, no matter if was inconvenient, no matter what was going on.

She didn't realize she was pretty, even though she was gorgeous. She focused not on herself m but on others, she helped others, she built others up, she comforted others.

I know God really loves me,and my sisters because He could have put me in any family, but He chose to put me in the lap of Marion Stewart Webb. Thank you God. Happy Mother's Day, Mom. I love you very much.

Thats all for now,

Peace to you,

Dr. Jennifer Webb

Forgiveness

Hello everyone,

I am here again. Hoping this blog will be a help to someone out there. I wanted to talk about forgiveness today. I am a radiation oncologist who treats cancer patients. I notice that in my patients the ones who do better are the ones who have made peace , the ones who aren't holding grudges, the ones who have forgiven. I had a patient who had a brain tumor. I will never forget her , she was only 37 and she had a 10 year old son. The tumor went away with treatment but recurred. She went to hospice. I went to visit her in Hospice and we prayed and she received a miraculous healing and actually went home.

But when I would see her in follow up visits in my office, she always talked about her son's father and how angry she was with him and how she couldn't forgive him. She was well , but bitter and angry despite her miraculous healing. I begged her as her doctor to forgive, but she refused.

They called me to the emergency room one day about a year later, and she was there with the brain tumor back. I asked her to forgive and let the root of bitterness go, and even in the ER on the stretcher , she refused.

I really think forgiving and letting go of bitterness will free you and allow you to heal and recover from many diseases. Sad to say, she didn't make it. You may think this is coincidence, but I believe it plays a part. Forgiveness.... it's for you more than for the other person. They are out somewhere laughing and having a good time, while you are sitting around with high blood pressure and stomach ulcers. Forgive... for your own sake.

Peace to you,

Dr. Webb

Having Peace and helping your body

Hi Everyone,
My name is Dr. Jennifer Webb. I am an oncologist who specializes in helping women. I live in the Detroit area and treat breast cancer patients. My heart goes out to so many people, because I see a lot of things that people can do to help themselves feel better, prevent disease and look better. I decided to start this blog and today is my first entry. I hope someone finds it and is helped by it.

Not all my blogs will be about oncology related things. I want to help people in so many areas , so I am going to take a chance and see how this works out, so here goes....

If you want to do something that will really help you feel better, you should try a Yoga class. I went to the Center for Yoga in Birmingham, Michigan and took my first class today. OMG, I can not tell you how much better I felt. I had so much peace when I left and I believe I got a better work out than with my trainer at the gym. You need to break a sweat everyday to get rid of toxins in your body - the instructor told us the heat we were generating was getting rid of built up toxins ,helping our organs to function better and increasing our metabolism. I can not wait to get back there, I have not felt that good and that peaceful in a long time!

My mother used to take Yoga classes in the 70's . I can see why. My mom was wise.

So do yourself a favor and see if yoga is for you.

Til next time,

Wanting you to be healthy and look good!

Love,
JW