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"Gratitude requires us to stay in the now. Fear is living in the future. That’s why gratitude and fear cannot coexist. If you fill yourself with gratitude you will notice that your anxious thoughts and fear dissolve."

I've held this quote close to me for all these years on this bumpy ~10yr journey.
So, as I celebrate my birthday tonight-in disbelief that I'm FORTYTHREE and gratitude that I'm 43!- and wait the long 12hours before I see my doc in the morning and get my scan results, I focus my heart & thoughts on all there is in my life to be thankful for.
Most especially my family, which includes you guys.

There is no pill, no cocktail, no quart of ice cream that will help effectively distract me through these next few fretful hours, waiting to see which way my path will take me, full speed ahead or maneuvering choppy waves again.
But again, if I focus my heart and throughts on gratitude, I just might get a restful nights sleep, ready to face another day, surviving another day with cancer, continuing to beat the odds.

Keep the Faith~

Jessica