Upon a closer examination of the collection, I read the story behind the collection and the woman who started it.
“A lot of recruits in WWI were killed because they were so wrapped up in the fear, they forgot to duck when they should. If you were living in the moment and not wrapped up in the fear, then you would know when to duck and would continue to live.”
Jeanne Craig was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011 and during her chemotherapy developed her "fear fighting" advice-‘Just keep ducking- Don’t live in the fear; let the fear and the worry go and just live.” The plaque further explained that this advice evolved from a concept she read in a WWI story that said terror can be endured so long as a man simply ducks, but it will kill you if you think about it.”
“A lot of recruits in WWI were killed because they were so wrapped up in the fear, they forgot to duck when they should. If you were living in the moment and not wrapped up in the fear, then you would know when to duck and would continue to live.”
Fear goes hand in hand with a cancer diagnosis, and it is very easy to get caught up in the worry and fears of the disease and forget to live.
The cheerful yellow duckies are a wonderful reminder to "duck' the fears and worry and focus on the Joy that is right in front of you.
Buddy and I learned that Jeanne has sent and given over 3500 ducks to fellow cancer patients beginning or enduring thier journey.
Upon further examination of the display, I mentioned that it was missing a Rubbery duckie nativity...
To which Buddy replied.. is there such a thing....
Thank goodness for Wifi and google... and I showed her that there was (and that we owned it).
To further pass the time we discovered that there were over 15,000 hits on Amazon for typing in the search bar... rubber duckies.
Some of our favorites included:
Harry Ponder
Bride and Groom and Wedding party set
Medieval set (including ducks in armor)
and
Fairy Tale Ducks
We were so involved in our duck search that I missed my name being called (3 times) to go back for my infusion.
Needless to say, this was definitely a joyful moment in our day and an opportunity to remember to "duck" the fear that looms.
