More than 10 years ago, Utopia came through our neighborhood to bury lines of internet fiber cable, giving us the latest and greatest internet service at that time.  They cut  a small trench through our yard, buried the cables, replaced the grass, and left.  All was well, or so we thought.  After about a year, we noticed a small strip of crab grass growing in our beautiful yard, right where they had buried the cable.

That narrow cut was all that was needed to introduce the enemy.  Every year the crab grass spread a few more inches, slowly taking over our good grass.  I’ve had many thoughts as I’ve watched the spread.  There was no way to stop it.  It found a weak spot and went to work.

Cancer (or Satan) is like that.  He finds cracks in us and he works his way in, then slowly spreads, claiming parts of us as his own.

We finally, this week, said “ENOUGH.  BE GONE!”  We spayed the crab grass with poison and watched it die.  Then we dug it out, carefully creating clean margins.

We brought in clean soil.  We brought in new grass.  We watered it well and now we are whole again.

Crab grass will not claim our yard.  Sometimes you just have to cut it out and start over.  Our yard is now crab grass free.  And I am cancer free.  This is year 3 after my cancer surgery.  I am grateful to be rid of it–both the cancer and the crab grass.