Gratitude. I was taught that as a child in religion class. But over the years it got pushed to the back of my mind as I climbed the career ladder in pursuit of the American dream. Always wanting more. Now that I have experienced cancer, I have to pull out gratitude, make an effort to identify it and learn to practice it.

I'm still in the middle of chemotherapy. Last week was a really difficult week emotionally. Not that anything new or different happened to me. I think it was just all that has ravished my body getting to me. But I was on a war path. Then on Monday which was my 5 therapy. I woke up in a great mood. On Tuesday I actually felt gratitude. It's strange because what I was grateful for was the fact that I had three medical appointments in one day and I could do all of that without having to travel 200 mi to get my care. I was grateful to have choices of where I could have my care.
Today I wake up and my mouth's a little sore and my stomach feels a little queasy and I'm grateful that I know how to get ahead of all this. I'm grateful that I have not had terrible physical reactions to the drugs I've been taking. I'm grateful that the people who live around me are supportive of me even when I'm on the warpath. I'm grateful to have them in my life.

Thank you so much for giving us a beautiful picture of your gratitude walk. I could see you greeting everything that came your way. So here's to having another grateful day
Denise