The girls and I were talking at dinner tonight about things we are thankful for and I realized that there is so much to be thankful for right now!  I am so thankful for all the wonderful friends that I have who have shown me so much love over these past few months.  So many of you have sent me wonderful cards and called me or come to see me or taken me away from the C-word for even just an hour.  So many people have given us a meal that has kept our refrigerator full and our tummies even happier.  Our family has come through for us in more ways than we can count!  Cancer could have torn us apart and made us down in the dumps at all times BUT instead we are looking at the world with a new love of life!  We are finding the good in everyday and loving all the things we get to do each day (even the small things!)!  I have refused since day one of this roller coaster to be negative.  There is really no use to give into the negativity because that would take so much more energy that I do not have!  Smiling and being happy brings in so much more energy to me that I would not choose to be any other way!  Happiness is contagious and I love to surround myself with only  these qualities.  I have realized over the past month that I have really begun to shed anything or anyone that is a negative force in my life which has been so beneficial to my well-being.  I pray for those people who do not know happiness or positivity because they are not living life to the fullest!
I have been given so many gifts along the way and am so in awe of how many different ways people have found to surprise me with such beautiful things.  This week I was surprised by a parent of one of my students who sent me a beautiful hat that was made by her sister as she knitted it she prayed for my health as she made it.  It is so sweet of her and the hat is wonderful!  I will be styling it when I head to chemo on Friday.  The prayers that have been given up for me have kept me going!  They are being answered daily as I am able to keep on going and find a way to live however I feel!

 Thank you for your generosity and your support and your love!  May we all know happiness and love all our days!