I truly thought I was done, not only with this mode of communication, but with this whole chapter of my life.  Apparently, I need to say some final words.  This morning my beautiful sister called to wish me a happy Thanksgiving and to tell me that she is thankful that I am her sister, that I am still here, and that we had that amazing gift of time spent together.  She remembered that today, a year ago, was my first day of chemo. 

I will say that my heart has been on high alert since the end of October.   The way I remember when this all began is that my amazing daughter was Hilary J. Corpse for Halloween, in answer to the receptionist at the day of my diagnosis that mistook Corts for Corpse.  It was such a great moment of levity in what could have been a totally dreadful day.

Six weeks ago I had the final wrap; port removed and BC reconstruction repaired to gratefully close not just one, but TWO cancer chapters in one fell swoop.  Today I can honestly say that I am so completely healed, it's as if this never happened.

So, on this day of Thanksgiving, and every single day, I am thankful for the gift of this life I have, surrounded by all of you loving, caring, kind, uplifting, beautiful people.  I'm not sure why I am so blessed to be be given this gift, but I will treasure each and every one of you all the days of my life.  I wish for you a Thanksgiving spent with someone you love, and if that can't happen, know in your heart that you are in mine today and every day. 

And now I am done.

“It's a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.”
― Germany Kent