This year, three days after making plane reservations for the child to fly home on Southwest, my new favorite airline, she had a very special flight from her life as a successful and happy college student to a relapsed, bone marrow transplant patient at Children's Hospital.
Now we all know that I whine about that and kvetch and scream and yell and cry and do some more cursing but when it all comes down to it, it is what it is. This is a new journey and one that we are all traveling together. The old "over the river and through the woods"...
We are in the woods, deep in the woods but today we are able to stop and find a moment to gather with friends and family for some celebration time. We feast today and diet tomorrow but then today we feast. We share the good things in our lives and help recharge tour souls for the next part of our trip through the woods. (Chemo starts again on Tuesday)
Oh, dear, I better get the turkey in the oven or the perfectly set table will not be properly utilized. And where is the gravy bowl, and why don't we have enough matching butter pats and.........
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