10 Days in April : ...a detour through breast cancer

Newly-wed Eleanor had a plan for her life:
"I want to get married,
go out west,
build a log cabin,
raise a bunch of kids,
teach them about the Lord,
volunteer in my community, and then
write a book about it!"

As her dreams became a reality over the next 40 years, she and her husband, Kevin, lived the Back-to-the-Land lifestyle, overcame limitations,
built an improved house,
grew much of their own food, homeschooled their four children and volunteered in an ever-widening community.

Eleanor became a freelance writer and developed seminars.

Next on her to-do list: Write her memoir.

Cancer arrived when she had other plans.

The detour took her deep into a labyrinth of questions, research, consultations and agonizing soul-searching.

From Mother Nature to Hi-Tech...

From organic gardening to radiation treatment...

From a log cabin in the Canadian mountains to a dormitory in a distant city...
Eleanor's Life Path certainly took a detour....