I am currently in the waiting room, ready to start cycle 4. There’s always a brief moment of fear and not wanting to go through this again before I go in. But that fear is always replaced with determination. The cancer will not win and I will not let the chemo beat me down.
Chemo will span across New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day this time. I doubt I will feel much like partying and am certain midnight and I will miss each other. But that got me thinking about 2024 and resolutions. I don’t think the normal ones like eating more salad or exercising more are going to work for me this year. So what to choose instead?
2024 may not begin with a celebration but I want this year to be full of them. There will be birthdays, and holidays, and our 10 year anniversary to celebrate. But there will also be victories to celebrate – the end of this chemotherapy, a successful surgery, the end of treatment altogether, clean scans if everything worked.
My resolution is to celebrate everything, big or small. We are going to celebrate every victory over this cancer, every special day, every good day at school, every morning I get to wake up. It’s all worth celebrating, all something to be grateful for.
So if you’re struggling to come up with a resolution or don’t want to choose the same old thing, join me.
Let your resolution be to wake up every morning grateful for your life or something/someone in it. Resolve to celebrate something each day, big or small. Resolve to be happy and really smile each day, even on bad days. Let this year be a celebration of all the things!