Marguerite53
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Wow! I feel really good today! And you guys, every last one of you, has helped to bring me to this great feeling. I've been coming here for 5 years. Can't believe it! What a wonderful place -- always open -- loving support. So very special!!!!!!
I didn't make any fuss last year (so I get to make double fuss this year, right?) because I was so very busy with my father and his illness (Alzheimer's). Hubby and I had even planned a weekend away but spent it in the waiting room of the ER with him which launched a week at a psychiatric facility and then more hospital time and finally his passing the last day of May. Of course I miss him terribly, he was my night and day, my guy!! But I have vowed to really let him go in another month -- in case he needs to be let go of. And as that time approaches, I feel that sadness to be lifting.
So even though I'm walking around today with a new scar (this one on my face, 6 stitches, squamous cell carcinoma. She had to go after it twice, but the lab says she got it the second time! Now I just have to check in every 6 months to be sure there aren't any new ones sneaking in) I am feeling blessed and happy. I will admit, this is getting somewhat tiresome, though. "They" got my cleavage, my right boob and now my face. I think they better not go after my a** or my good looks might really feel threatened!!
But hey, what's another scar!
On a more serious note, we are 5 in my family. Our daughter and middle son just this month lost an instructor with whom they were very, very close (2 different colleges, mind you) to sudden death. One was heart related, the other awaits an autopsy. Last night my husband lost a long-time, close, business friend to a virulent and nasty cancer. That same son was just 2 months on a jury (as an alternate) for a pretty grisly murder case. So much loss for us, around us all of a sudden. I just want to take this moment to reflect on how much the family and close friends have to go through when we go through our surgeries. Life is so precious and when we are in la-la land getting wheeled into the OR, our loved ones are huddled in anticipation. So I just wanted to publicly acknowledge the incredible strength and support of my family, and all the families as we live through this life-sustaining event in our lives.
So this year it's CHEERS to my family for helping me through all the stuff life has thrown at me!
And a special hug and cheer for Tonia, my surgery-sister, whose big day is tomorrow (or almost today as being half way around the world would make it almost be here already!!)
And thanks, everyone here.... for letting me fuss a little extra this time!!
Marguerite
I didn't make any fuss last year (so I get to make double fuss this year, right?) because I was so very busy with my father and his illness (Alzheimer's). Hubby and I had even planned a weekend away but spent it in the waiting room of the ER with him which launched a week at a psychiatric facility and then more hospital time and finally his passing the last day of May. Of course I miss him terribly, he was my night and day, my guy!! But I have vowed to really let him go in another month -- in case he needs to be let go of. And as that time approaches, I feel that sadness to be lifting.
So even though I'm walking around today with a new scar (this one on my face, 6 stitches, squamous cell carcinoma. She had to go after it twice, but the lab says she got it the second time! Now I just have to check in every 6 months to be sure there aren't any new ones sneaking in) I am feeling blessed and happy. I will admit, this is getting somewhat tiresome, though. "They" got my cleavage, my right boob and now my face. I think they better not go after my a** or my good looks might really feel threatened!!
But hey, what's another scar!
On a more serious note, we are 5 in my family. Our daughter and middle son just this month lost an instructor with whom they were very, very close (2 different colleges, mind you) to sudden death. One was heart related, the other awaits an autopsy. Last night my husband lost a long-time, close, business friend to a virulent and nasty cancer. That same son was just 2 months on a jury (as an alternate) for a pretty grisly murder case. So much loss for us, around us all of a sudden. I just want to take this moment to reflect on how much the family and close friends have to go through when we go through our surgeries. Life is so precious and when we are in la-la land getting wheeled into the OR, our loved ones are huddled in anticipation. So I just wanted to publicly acknowledge the incredible strength and support of my family, and all the families as we live through this life-sustaining event in our lives.
So this year it's CHEERS to my family for helping me through all the stuff life has thrown at me!
And a special hug and cheer for Tonia, my surgery-sister, whose big day is tomorrow (or almost today as being half way around the world would make it almost be here already!!)
And thanks, everyone here.... for letting me fuss a little extra this time!!
Marguerite
