So many thoughts; where to begin

Could not narrow down a topic for today.  So it's just whatever comes to mind.

First would be gratitude.  I have so much to be grateful for.  Cannot possibly express it to all the people who deserve to be thanked.  Yesterday  my best friend from high school lost her husband.  At 72 he has been beat down by a disease called Lewys Bodies.  A Parkinson type disease with dementia attached.  It was a long, slow progression.  Things like that just make me realize how blessed I am to be in remission and going strong.

Second is the holiday spirit.  How can you not feel it in the air?  I always try to act like it isn't that important but, oh my, it is.  During my life time I have had some really lousy Christmases.  And some really great ones.  The last few years were the best with family and friends all enjoying our hospitality.  This year will be the most blessed.  Not only will the family and my best friend be here; but it will be a celebration of life.  

It was this time last year that I began to get sick.  So a whole year of illness, looking at death, and springing back.
You can't beat that.  

Third will be having attended one grandson's wedding and about to attend another.  What a wonderful blessing that is.  These two grandsons are such wonderful young men who give me such love.  Then there is my granddaughter who is so sweet, you just want to hug her all the time.  She'll marry someday also and I plan on being there for that.

So some thoughts; maybe a bit jumbled but writing as I think sometimes is a jumble.  Fingertips a bit numb from chemo makes it a chore to type and my brain often gets ahead of my fingers.