No words or list could ever fully express how thankful and blessed I feel. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I’ve compiled a list of things I’m thankful for, in no particular order. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Wishing you safe travels, and a healthy and happy holiday!
1. I’m thankful for all of my family and friends, and their health, safety and happiness.
2. I’m thankful I got married.
3. I’m thankful my wedding was the most amazing day of my life.
4. I’m thankful I don’t have to work on Thanksgiving this year.
5. I’m thankful for my dog, Campbell, and his endless love and antics.
6. I’m thankful I beat breast cancer.
7. I’m thankful I became stronger after beating breast cancer.
8. I’m thankful I learned something about myself after beating breast cancer.
9. I’m thankful my breast cancer led to my LFS diagnosis.
10. I’m thankful my LFS diagnosis is giving me access to health testing and screening I wouldn’t otherwise have. (I’m thankful the LFS diagnosis may one day save my life)
11. I’m thankful we are building a new house.
12. I’m thankful we have a new nephew.
13. I’m thankful my new nephew is healthy and strong.
14. I’m thankful I have a good job where I’m treated well and love what I do.
15. I’m thankful my husband has a good job where he’s treated well and loves what he does.
16. I’m thankful President Obama won re-election.
17. I’m thankful my brother is able to work hard and advocate causes he believes in, and is seeing progress and results in what he’s fighting for.
18. I’m thankful we have heat in our house and food on the table.
19. I’m thankful I’m healthy.
20. I’m thankful we have a roof over our head and a safe place to live.
21. I’m thankful we got to travel to Paris and Italy this summer for the most incredible honeymoon.
22. I’m thankful I have Chanel lipstick from Paris.
23. I’m thankful I climbed the Eiffel Tower, and kissed my husband in front of it.
24. I’m thankful I can exercise.
25. I’m thankful I’m not in debilitating pain every day.
26. I’m thankful my surgeries are over.
27. I’m thankful I love my body after breast cancer.
28. I’m thankful for my doctors.
29. I’m thankful I ate a Hershey’s chocolate bar this morning with breakfast, and that it was “allowed” on my Weight Watchers plan. I’m thankful for Weight Watchers, which lets me eat chocolate and drink wine, yet helps me to maintain my weight in the process.
30. I’m thankful I recognize sincere chocolate cravings and have access to proper supplies to conquer those cravings.
31. I’m thankful I get to do what I love every day at work: write and edit.
32. I’m thankful I get to grow and learn at work.
33. I’m thankful I still find joy in writing. (I’m thankful that I think I always will)
34. I’m thankful I find joy in almost everything.
35. I’m thankful I have been able to share my breast cancer-wedding planning story through this blog, The Moth, Lifetime Movie Network, PA Breast Cancer Coalition, The Centre County Gazette (my newspaper) and the Pink Zone.
36. I’m thankful for my network and teams of doctors who keep me well and are proactive about my health: my psychiatrist, primary care doctor, oncologist, genetic counselor, breast surgeon and plastic surgeon.
37. I’m thankful I had a physical therapist for about six months who got me doing push-ups again after surgery. I’m thankful she taught me exercises and stretches I can do on my own.
38. I’m thankful there is no limit to what I can do: physically and mentally.
39. I’m thankful my office is downtown, and walking distance from Panera, sushi, Thai food and Indian food.
40. I’m thankful I know what I love and I know what I want and I make sure to keep both of those things at the forefront.
41. I’m thankful to feel the love I feel every day for my husband.
42. I’m thankful I know what makes me happy, and that I also keep that at the forefront.
43. I’m thankful I work better under pressure.
44. I’m thankful I recognize what stresses me out, and now have the ability to exclude or limit those things from my life.
45. I am thankful for Panera, sushi, Thai food and Indian food.
46. I am thankful for the love and support everyone in my life gives me every day in different ways.
47. I am thankful for my very best friends in the whole wide world, who have been through the best and the worst with me, (Some of these friends have been through both the Leukemia and the breast cancer with me), and who love me more as each year goes by. Whose love is unconditional and can’t be matched.
48. I’m thankful that when I look back at my wedding, my bachelorette weekend, engagement parties, Aufrufs and three bridal showers, I don’t see the breast cancer. I see me, happy.
49. I’m thankful I remain true to my values and my beliefs. I’m thankful I know what they are.
50. I’m thankful I could make this list in about 10 minutes.
51. I’m thankful I could easily top 50 things.
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