The List of Three

Beating cancer is a good thing, an exciting thing! Throughout my fight, I focused on living. I never expected the bothersome little buggers called post chemotherapy effects – the fatigue, the pain, the “chemo brain” fog. 

Then I take a step back and consider the stories of women and men who are dying to have a sleepless night or a bum ankle. They are literally dying. This horrible disease rips families apart. It deprives the world of many angels on earth. It’s taken two of my family members. We cannot give up!

My list of bothersome little buggers seems puny stacked up against those who didn’t win their fight and I’m ashamed of my complaints. So I will make a new list: I will find three things everyday for which I am eternally grateful – things I witnessed, I did, or were done for me.

And when I consider my list of three at the end of the day, I will realize how really fortunate I am.