What brought you joy today?

Posted by northoftheborder @northoftheborder, Jun 28, 2024

If you've been living with cancer for a while, you know it's not all gloom and doom. Where did you find joy today? I'll start:

1. Working in my garden.
2. Meeting my daughter for tea.
3. Home-made pizza for dinner.
4. My spouse (always).
5. Some interesting online discussions.
6. Rereading a good novel.

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What brought me joy today was my 4 yr old great granddaughter running into the house and into my arms while yelling, “Mema, you’re my best friend.” That
Is Joy. Sometimes joy means just having my son or daughter seem interested in what I am saying. I am 84 yrs old and somewhat disappointed in the way of the world. The young people seem to have lost respect for just about everything so anytime I hear or see them showing respect for old people, it
brings me Joy. I can go on and on about Joy but I will come back another time.

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What brought me joy last night was feeling well enough to go rehearse with my community choir. Instead of feeling like "someone going through chemo", I felt like a normal person doing what I love.

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@virginiald Wonderful!

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Carting grand kids back and forth to appts and different schools, took a side trip and saw a pretty lake. Now back to a school!

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What brought me joy last night was feeling well enough to go rehearse with my community choir. Instead of feeling like "someone going through chemo", I felt like a normal person doing what I love.

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Great reminder to pick up some oatmeal cookies at the store 🙂

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@northoftheborder Sounds good. I will try this.

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@wdytys Dare I also recommend a tiny dash of real maple syrup? 😉

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@wdytys Sounds great! I add dried cranberries and raisins (which rehydrate when I pour the boiling water onto the oats), but same idea.

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@northoftheborder Sounds good. I will try this.

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Oatmeal with sweet strawberries.

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@wdytys Sounds great! I add dried cranberries and raisins (which rehydrate when I pour the boiling water onto the oats), but same idea.

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Today is a great day feeling so thankful 🙂

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