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Sunday, March 30, 2014
Radiance Tribe
Just this weekend I was saddened and shocked by the news that one of our Radiance Tribe (that is what we named ourselves that weekend) had passed away on Wednesday, March 26th ironically the same day I was blogging on my urgency to live life to the fullest. Dee was a sweet, open and beautiful woman. She had just left me a note on Facebook wishing me a happy birthday. This news has left me unbalanced and terribly heartbroken. I am comforted only to think that she must be happy being reunited with her husband whom she had shared a beautiful life with before he had passed away. Here is a picture of our group on our last day at Kripalu. We all glowed with a radiance that only comes from within and just looking at this picture makes me smile. We were the ladies in pink that day!
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
One year later....
Today I thought was my one year anniversary of being done with my treatments and funny enough looking back on my calendar it was March 21st! So it has already come and gone without any hoopla. Oh well that is OK. I just had fun reading my old blogs and am so happy this journey has been recorded. I have been so busy this year I haven't written about this wonderful time of moving forward. Here are just some of the highlights:
October: Leunigs and Mary Stanley's Breast Cancer fundraising fashion show. Not only did I meet a group of inspiring breast cancer survivors but I was able to celebrate and feel beautiful inside and out! At that time my hair was red, short and it was hard to feel myself so that was an empowering evening!
Zip lining with my new Kripalu friend, Mary Laliberte! A leap of faith for both of us to go on this adventure together since we had only met for the long weekend in May. Just thinking of our overnight makes me smile and feel proud!
November: Turks and Caicos with Curt in celebration of surviving and thriving last year! It was a magical trip all planned by Curt. One week away just the two of us! I discovered that I love to snorkel as much as Curt does!
Turkey Trot with Curt, Stiles and Saige and the LeChase family. I won't mention the other family members that stayed snug and warm at home. : ) Here is the Stiles family Boston Strong!
December: Celebrating the holidays with lots of family and friends. I think we had the most company ever and we loved every minute!
January: Watching lots of Saige's basketball games! Starting with the fall I had a new attitude and appreciation of being able to see as many soccer and basketball games as I could.
January 31 and Feb 1: A workshop on Living, Loving and Lighting Up! with Maria Sirios at YogaRoots in Shelburne all inspired by my trip to Kripalu last May. We had an amazing group of 30 women all enthralled with Maria's inspirational workshop and expertise in positive psychology.
February: For winter break Curt, Saige and I took an amazing trip to Paris and Madrid then met Stiles in Segovia, Spain where he had spent Winter Term. I have too many pictures........
March: I celebrated turning 47 without any tears!
A family ski day at Whiteface mountain with my Dad, Mom and the Wissler family! I think we were all glowing that day with gratitude! It was hard to believe that less than a year ago my father had been given a death sentence. And there he was after his stem cell transplant in August joining us on the ski mountain! I firmly believe in miracles!
This year has been experienced with an urgency in living life to the fullest, welcoming new adventures as well as taking time for meaningful friendships and relationships. I am grateful to Curt for jumping on board. We joke at home, "This is a once in a lifetime chance!" and yes this is true. We only have one life and the choices we make are our own. As I have learned with cancer sometimes we don't always get to make the choices. So when you get a chance to choose dive in, do your very best and make it an adventure!
October: Leunigs and Mary Stanley's Breast Cancer fundraising fashion show. Not only did I meet a group of inspiring breast cancer survivors but I was able to celebrate and feel beautiful inside and out! At that time my hair was red, short and it was hard to feel myself so that was an empowering evening!
Zip lining with my new Kripalu friend, Mary Laliberte! A leap of faith for both of us to go on this adventure together since we had only met for the long weekend in May. Just thinking of our overnight makes me smile and feel proud!
November: Turks and Caicos with Curt in celebration of surviving and thriving last year! It was a magical trip all planned by Curt. One week away just the two of us! I discovered that I love to snorkel as much as Curt does!
Turkey Trot with Curt, Stiles and Saige and the LeChase family. I won't mention the other family members that stayed snug and warm at home. : ) Here is the Stiles family Boston Strong!
December: Celebrating the holidays with lots of family and friends. I think we had the most company ever and we loved every minute!
January: Watching lots of Saige's basketball games! Starting with the fall I had a new attitude and appreciation of being able to see as many soccer and basketball games as I could.
January 31 and Feb 1: A workshop on Living, Loving and Lighting Up! with Maria Sirios at YogaRoots in Shelburne all inspired by my trip to Kripalu last May. We had an amazing group of 30 women all enthralled with Maria's inspirational workshop and expertise in positive psychology.
February: For winter break Curt, Saige and I took an amazing trip to Paris and Madrid then met Stiles in Segovia, Spain where he had spent Winter Term. I have too many pictures........
March: I celebrated turning 47 without any tears!
A family ski day at Whiteface mountain with my Dad, Mom and the Wissler family! I think we were all glowing that day with gratitude! It was hard to believe that less than a year ago my father had been given a death sentence. And there he was after his stem cell transplant in August joining us on the ski mountain! I firmly believe in miracles!
This year has been experienced with an urgency in living life to the fullest, welcoming new adventures as well as taking time for meaningful friendships and relationships. I am grateful to Curt for jumping on board. We joke at home, "This is a once in a lifetime chance!" and yes this is true. We only have one life and the choices we make are our own. As I have learned with cancer sometimes we don't always get to make the choices. So when you get a chance to choose dive in, do your very best and make it an adventure!
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