3 more days

Just 3 more days and I am officially done being a cancer patient! Yippee! Woohoo! Hooray! I am so completely filled with emotion that I think I could burst wide open. This past 9 months has been such a journey! I use that word "journey," although I'm not sure that it at all describes what this has really been. I wonder if there could ever be a word that would? The journey is not over, but I certainly have gotten through some of the toughest parts I think. I feel strong and I feel proud and I feel less scared than I have in a while. Yay for that! I'm accustomed to the ebb and flow of things so I know that while I feel good for now, it is not necessarily a predictor of how I could/will feel tomorrow. I will continue everyday to practice staying gentle with myself, celebrating this wonderful life I have, and doing my best to honor whatever it is that I'm feeling. I hope that you will do the same.

Two days after treatment, I get to hop on a plane and head to Arizona. I will get a quick trip to see my brother Nolan and his girlfriend Heather, my brother Dillon and his wife Cerra, and my dad. We are meeting in Phoenix and taking a drive just over the border of Mexico to Puerto Penasco or Rocky Point. It should be a great reward for this long two months of radiation. I'm so looking forward to the sunshine and warm air! I can almost feel it now.

I arrive home in Nome on March 5th and truly cannot wait. I have really missed my pets, my friends, my home, my job, my life. . . Getting back there will be so good!

Peace and Love