Thanksgiving Week, Nov. 18, 2018

Today is Sunday, November 18, and so many blessings and experiences have transpired over the last few years of my life of 77 years.

I have learned a whole new way of life, that of a cancer patient and chemo "tester":)  I have learned to know other cancer patients and learned about praying and having many caring people pray for me.

Learning that each day in our lives is a gift and that God is ultimately in charge of our "alpha and omega" is what I base my thoughts on.  I see how my fellow cancer "victims" are coping with the different stages of their cancer, and it really puts perspective into my length of days, to be thankful for each day given to me with my family.   My husband is always by my side and always caring about my well being.  I know it must be a burden for him, but God gave us to each other 50 years ago and I truly believe all this was in the PLAN:)

Back when I was diagnosed, Keith Theinemann, a professional photographer wanted to photograph our family as a gift to me, perhaps thinking that I wouldn't have long to live.   He actually came to our Thanksgiving Day  celebration in 2016 just to take pictures of our family members.  I will try to post a few of them here on the "blog".  I will always be grateful for his motivations to do this.  He told me that his own Dad passed away early from pancreatic cancer, and this was an honor to his memory!