I spent the past few days reading through this blog, from start to finish. Wow! I've forgotten so much. I'm so glad I kept this journal, and I highly recommend to anyone going through any kind of crisis to write about it. Even if you never plan to show anyone else (If you're blogging, you can write an entry and just not post it. I've done that!).
I don't really know what the kids remember from the time I was in treatment. I know I had a lot of anguish about my parenting abilities, whether I would be around for graduation and weddings, etc. I hope someday they will read this and know, if they don't already, that I did it all for them, and absolutely tried my best!
As I approach the 14th anniversary of finding my tumor, it amazes me that it's been so long. Life is fairly "normal" now. Today's normal. We had three sons get married last year. The triplets graduated from college. All of our kids are working and living on their own - the closest is around 6.5 hours away. We're excitedly planning for retirement, traveling, and enjoying our life through this stage. We bought a camper, and have enjoyed using it! I am working, and I work remotely - home is where the wifi is! In an earlier post, I didn't think I could handle working from home. Turns out it's perfect for me.
I have some stressors in my life. I am working on those, because life is too short.
Overall, life is good.
After reading through, I decided to try to improve on the look of this blog. I wanted to make my own banner, using a picture I took. I followed directions, and made this:
I was really happy with it, but for some reason when I upload it here (even following instructions), it doesn't look right. Its too small and doesn't go all the way across like it's supposed to.
I also noticed in my reading that many of the links I posted are no longer working. I don't know what to do about that. If you're interested in the topic, you can Google it and hopefully find something. I may try to replace links if I have time, but honestly that sounds like too much work, so we'll see.
Oh well, life's too short to worry about it, so I won't. Time to fix dinner!
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