"As we drive along this road called life, occasionally a gal will find herself a little lost. And when that happens, I guess she has to let go of the shoulda, woulda,coulda, buckle up and just keep going." - Carrie Bradshaw

I'm certainly well aware that this chemotherapy course I'm about to endure every 3 weeks for 24 weeks will not be this easy but I'm taking my highlites as they come.  Day 3 after treatment and I feel really good.  No nausea this morning just a slight headache.  Of course this was because an army of people cared for my kids, cooked my meals, visited with me, dropped off food, sent messages, dropped off care packages and did my dishes this weekend.

I felt well enough to take my boys to Max and Ruby yesterday with our friends Deb and Lyndsey.  They LOVED it!  It was actually one of the better "live" versions of a cartoon show we've seen, not that there has been many.  Then we headed home for a nap to rest up for the evening.

 Happily, I woke up to my dearest, oldest, pals sitting on my couch, wine in hand, with our 6 kids running through the basement, Deb cooking appetizers, my brother bursting through the door, and our handsome husbands watching the Grey Cup.  It only took a second for my mind to snap that picture and know this is why, amongst many reasons, I will beat this.  This is what I live each day for - my friends and my family.  Whether I had this cancer diagnosis or not, they most likely would have been doing this exact same thing, only I would have been a little more helpful;)  But I am well aware they made the extra effort to be here for me and for us.  And throughout our evening of over eating, kids screaming, dish doing extravaganza, other friends were dropping of frozen food, sending messages and checking in and a delivering my best yet set of family pictures taken for me at last minute while she was on a week of single parenting...

I just can't even say thank you enough for all the things my friends and family  did for me this week...there's still a big hill to climb in this journey, but I made the first step...

CK