Today I did what I have laughed at friends and family for doing.... I scrambled to clean before the cleaning ladies came over today for our first major cleaning. WOW! I did not realize all the "Stuff" we had piled everywhere! Aunt Candy and Uncle Terry gave us this generous gift certificate for last Christmas to have Molly Maids in to clean for us. We final got the courage to use it and I am SOOOOOO glad! It was such a blessing to walk into a clean house that I did not have to use up my limited energy to do! I am so glad we waited till now because I was able to then have energy to pull out the Christmas tree tonight after all the activities of the day and decorate with the girls. It was such a fun evening! They were so excited to pull out their ornaments and talk about each of them! I loved watching them work on the tree as they decorated in their own way! I used to wonder why my mom did not decorate with her ornaments until we were all done with ours.... but I found myself doing that same thing with my girls. This holiday is really for the kids! It is so awesome to see it through their eyes! What a great night and memory which was only able to happen because of the burden that was lifted from me for the week! Thank you Candy and Terry!
I have had many wonderful things happen over these past weeks and am in awe of how blessed I am! I have met people who were connected to people in my life which made the world become a little smaller! At treatment this past Friday I met a woman who lives near the school I teach and who knows many teachers I work with. She was a wonderful person to talk to during my hour and a half of treatment. This treatment was the first time that I went alone! This was huge because I have really needed to lean on whoever is with me. I did well and my veins cooperated for Nurse Maria. Then right after the treatment I met up with Keith, Wendi and Ken to go to the Blackhawks game. Cousin Tim came through for us again and got us 8th row seats behind the visitors bench. It was AMAZING!!! The game was awesome! The team came through in a shoot out to win! We were able to see the whole game and I even did the crazy fan thing and got myself and Wendi on TV during the intermission break. Hockey has become addicting to me! Thank you Tim!
Life is moving and I am finding each day that I am not as far behind as I was the day before! I am actually getting back in this marathon on my own terms! I won't forget the lessons I have learned from this past year: I will cherish every event I am present at and love all the time I have with my friends and family! I will remember that I am strong and can overcome whatever is put in my path. Life is a gift and we need to live every moment to the fullest!
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