I remember this day, two years ago, quite well. I had an appointment to meet with a plastic surgeon about reconstructive surgery when I got a call from my surgeon telling me that the type of cancer I had was Triple Negative. I had to be out the door quickly but I did a quick search on the internet, which turned out to be a big mistake. I read enough to know that what I had growing inside me was a dangerous and aggressive form of cancer and after that I lost all control of my emotions. Somehow, I drove myself to the doctor’s office, checked in through tears and then tried to listen to everything he explained. Tears fell like rain and I couldn’t get my emotions under control but I’m sure it was good for me to just let it out. I never went back to that doctor, it was easier to just start new with someone else.
But because of all I went through, there is not a day that goes by that I don’t remember how scary those days were in 2011, how totally frightened and vulnerable I felt at times, how humbled I was to be living with a life threatening illness and then how a comfort and understanding grew to take their place. Each day feels like a gift to me, I love living every moment and love that this morning I got to meet Nate at the Sportsmall and exercise with him, then on to two really hard sets of tennis, stretching me to play my best. And then Mary and I took Maggie to Snowbird and had so much fun with this beautiful, smart, funny, inquisitive child as she practiced learning this new skill of forming her skis into wedges, traveling over the bumps, running down stuffed animals all while gliding over snow on this magnificent mountain. I have the most darling daughter-in-law in Mary. When I first met her at Skyline and then had her in my class, I thought how wonderful she and her friends were. And the fact that she married Nate was a dream come true for the Dailys.
Maggie, Mary and I enjoying this winter ski day @ Snowbird-
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