Give thanks, in so many ways! So often all we see are the things that are not going right in our lives and we forget how much we do have that is going right. Saturday was my re-awakening day! As my parents are both gone now, I don't have that relationship and miss them so as they could, with love, guide me back on the right track if my ship got out of whack. Saturday morning was a beautiful day and I got to spend it in the Allegheny Forest. The weather was awesome, leaves were a bit muted but it still looked like a bowl full of Trix to me. My dogs were enjoying going in and out of the water and I had a house full of company. We had pulled pork sandwiches with coleslaw , of course. We laughed and played games and then young and old loaded up and we went for a hay ride. I smiled as I sat beside my husband and said, if I die tonght, know that I died happy. Now, don't get rattled, I wasn't planning on dying or anything it was just that I was right with the world at that moment in time. There are still wars, poverty, hunger, fighting, and more but for that moment in my world, I was thankful, for everything: life, breathe, friends, enough food,laughter, enough money to pay bills,pets that run and make me laugh, family that call and check in despite being far away, sunshine, clarity of mind, comfort, and a feeling of love around me. I couldn't aks for more! I wish you happiness as well and the hopes you will find it in the faces of others, the color of the leaves, the full belly, the laughter around you and helping others as that brings true joy too. We all have ups and downs and Saturday was my trigger to take a Kodak moment as they used to say and store that in my memory back for when the day doesn't look quite as rosey. And as I always
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AuthorMy name is Sue Kilburn and I am a clinical nurse breast cancer educator at the Yolanda G. Barco Oncology Institute in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Archives
March 2015
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