Today I celebrate my 44th trip around the sun! It is hard to believe that 5 years ago today I received the second toughest news in my life..."we found the cancer in a lymph node and we cannot be sure we got it all"..."radiation with chemo, more chemo"... So much has happened in these five years. The journey of treatment and more loss than I will rehash. Insted I would like to focus on the good in my life.
I just returned from a weekend at the beach with my brother after finishing a 215 mile bike ride in support of the Young Survival Coalition. He drove to Cape May, NJ to pick me up and the one free day we had at the beach it rained buckets...literal flooding on the island we were staying! I could not stop thinking about what a bummer it was that our only free day was such terrible weather. I mean, he drove almost 9 hours to meet me at the finish line and this was the only day he had free to enjoy the scenery. Part way through the day he commented "It doesn't have to be sunny to be beautiful" and he was so right! I have had many less than sunny days over the last five years, but I can say these have been some of the most beautiful years of my life!
Cheers to another trip around the sun and many more adventures!
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