Today as I was on Facebook I noticed a lot of friends starting this challenge again as status update posts, so I am once again prompted to join them each day during the month of November in posting the things in my life for which I give thanks. Rather than filling up my Facebook page with my daily postings I have decided to post them here on my blog and then link my post to my page.
I attempted to challenge myself last year, but I admit I wasn't good about keeping up with my daily thankful posts. I am hopeful that I will meet my goal of daily posting this November.
Thankful November Day 1:
Today I am thankful for life. I can't express how much I appreciate living, breathing, having a mostly healthy body, and for being here on this earth with my husband, and being able to share my life with him, my parent's, and all of our extended family, friends and loved ones.
Two years ago on this day I was staying at my parent's home, pretty much in solitary confinement, confined to one bedroom and a bathroom after having undergone Radioactive Iodine Therapy treatment for Thyroid Cancer just a few days prior to the first of November. I was in confinement for 7 days due to being radioactive. I wasn't allowed to leave home, eat with my family, see my two cats, or be near anyone for more than just a few minutes and even then I had to keep my distance. This meant not seeing my husband for an entire week. No daily hugs or kisses from him or anyone else and lots of time spent alone. It gave me a lot of time to think and to be thankful, even then, when I was so uncertain what my future would hold or if I would even have a future.
Two years ago I learned a lot about myself, about life, about love, and about being thankful for all I have been given by the good Lord up above. That time in my life changed me forever, and I hope it made me a better person, a more appreciative one.
I don't just take life for granted anymore, and now I know without a doubt that bad stuff can happen to ANYBODY. Up until my Thyroid Cancer diagnoses two years ago I lived a pretty charmed life, but I certainly did not always appreciate or realize the value of living such a great life. I now understand that we never know our fate and what each day may hold. It doesn't matter what your age or status in life is, as the saying goes, "sometimes shit happens," and "bad things happen to good people," and we just have to learn to deal with it and be thankful we are here and able to deal with it.
Don't get me wrong, I don't wake up every day with bells on and a smile on my face ready to face the day thinking it is going to be perfect and wonderful. I still have my moments when I get grumpy, am short with people I love, and I don't always show my most charming side to everyone, but two years later and cancer free, I do try and remember more often than not how very lucky I am to be on this earth and how very lucky I am to be surrounded with so many people who love me and who believe in me.
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