The Days of Wishful Thinking
It has been a very long time since I posted anything on this blog - in fact - just over a year. Sometimes it just didn't feel like a time for writing. At other times I posted my cancer journey on my Caring Bridge page. As I read through my last post about navigating feelings, I kept thinking this time of year is obviously a time of reflection for me. So much has happened in the past 18 months - it has been both a time of unsettledness and settling. I have been thinking recently about how much our lives are shaped by certain dates, events, and milestones. Some of these are happy - births, marriages, graduations, awards, vacations, new jobs, and the list goes on. These moments are the ones we love to celebrate and remember. Then there are others that are devastating and difficult - a diagnosis we never wanted to hear, job loss, broken relationships, deaths, and this year - COVID. This list can also go on to include much more. These are moments that are remembered but definitel...