Gratitude

I woke up this morning with an overwhelming sense of gratitude. It started last night as the move from our temporary quarters back into our home came within reach of completion, resulting in our sleeping in our familiar bed for the first time in over a month. Right on the heels of that reason to be grateful came gratitude for the newly minted renovation of our 34 year old master bath......pure luxury, even if there are still a few kinks to work out.
I move on from these completely worldly reasons for which to be grateful to far more reasons than could possibly be contained on a single page.
My immediate thoughts go to my family. First, my precious Carson who, with the occasional well deserved meltdown, blows me away with his faithful care. My "kids" and their families, ever present emotionally whether physically here or not, never fail. The love shown by them all just can't be expressed adequately. Then to friends, some nearby and some many miles away, who provide both physical and emotional support on an ongoing basis.....what a beautiful reason for gratitude. Thank you all.
I am ever grateful for my medical team who go above and beyond to make me feel like a real person with real challenges, not merely a number or a medical code. I truly believe that the professionals who choose oncology for their life's work are cut from very special cloth.
And above all I am grateful for having been given the privilege of serving a God Who is serving me so well. As strange as it may sound, I am grateful that His plan for me included this journey through cancer. I believe it has taken me to a new level in my life, one that could not have been reached otherwise.
So, what more can I say. I am blessed beyond blessed and today, and always, regardless of what my days bring, I will continue to be grateful.

"Every good action and every perfect gift is from God. These good gifts come down from the Creator of the sun, moon and stars, Who does not change like their shifting shadows."-James 1:17 (NCV).

On the health front:
Yesterday's chemo was blessedly uneventful, even after the two doses of Neupogen. And today promises to be a good one. Even if I am being held captive in my own little world by my underachieving white blood cells, my reward is that I am staying well.