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Hello to everyone!! I've missed you dearly, though I've been lurking around here keeping up with everything in your lives, even if I didn't always comment. *big smooches*
It's funny how when things are rotten, I'm always here, crying and whining about it, but when things are good I keep away, like this is bad luck or something! But honestly, to quote one of my favorite Broadway shows, Wicked, "I couldn't be happier, no, I couldn't be happier! Because happy is what happens when all your dreams come true!"
Wow, so my mom came out of the hospital at Christmas and then was back in the day after; she had some really close calls, and now she's doing so well that I can't even believe she's the same lady! She's still suffering from a bit of palsy on her right side (from the shingles that affected her brain) but she's been doing physical therapy and looks GREAT! She can nearly smile all of the way, and nearly close her right eye. She looks beautiful, despite everything. Her hair is growing back MUCH thicker than it was before, so we joke that the chemo was a blessing in disguise. And, in celebration of my parent's 25 anniversary, my mom and dad just returned from Disney World. I really think that was some of the best medicine she could have received. She's been going back out in public, frequenting her old hang outs: returning to church, bible study, lunches with her ladies; that woman can do anything as long as she has her little pillow in tow to sit on (she still has some shingles that hurt her when she sits). She's now starting radiation, which she will do everyday for the next 6 weeks (excluding weekends). Her new doctor (we got rid of that old idiot) said he couldn't understand why they had her do chemo for her type of cancer. Apparently, the type that she has responds best to radiation.
I still get scared every once in a while, thinking about recurrence... And I can't stand to look at or watch "Stepmom" (with Susan Surandon... don't know how to spell that), but overall, I am so happy for my mom.
It's really strange though, how her condition has affected my entire family. It's as though we all realized how precious life is, and so we're now attacking life with a new vigor. My sister used to always want to be a writer, but the reality of life made her give up on it. But in the past few months she's begun writing a story, and being the only one she's allowing to read the story as it progresses (I feel so special), I have to say, it's really good. And then I have begun taking voice lessons and will start up dance again next month, and this summer while in NYC I'm thinking of going to some open casting calls for shows, just to see what it's like.
And, to top everything off, I've begun seeing someone new... which hasn't happened it about a year... and so far, it's really great. He actually played Frank in the production of Annie Get Your Gun I played in, and I'm a SUCKER for talent. ;)
I really can't remember being as unhappy as I was a few short months ago. Everything in life happens for a reason, and despite my mom's awful condition, it not only brought my family closer together, but also made us all reevaluate our lives--where we are and where we're going. I'm not saying it's not hard sometimes, and that I don't wake up some days on the wrong side of the bed, but I couldn't ask to be in a better place right now.
Speaking of where I'm going... I leave for New York on June 11. I'm still excited, but I am also DREADING getting from Newark to my dorm... I'm going to need MANY crossed fingers for that one!
It's funny how when things are rotten, I'm always here, crying and whining about it, but when things are good I keep away, like this is bad luck or something! But honestly, to quote one of my favorite Broadway shows, Wicked, "I couldn't be happier, no, I couldn't be happier! Because happy is what happens when all your dreams come true!"
Wow, so my mom came out of the hospital at Christmas and then was back in the day after; she had some really close calls, and now she's doing so well that I can't even believe she's the same lady! She's still suffering from a bit of palsy on her right side (from the shingles that affected her brain) but she's been doing physical therapy and looks GREAT! She can nearly smile all of the way, and nearly close her right eye. She looks beautiful, despite everything. Her hair is growing back MUCH thicker than it was before, so we joke that the chemo was a blessing in disguise. And, in celebration of my parent's 25 anniversary, my mom and dad just returned from Disney World. I really think that was some of the best medicine she could have received. She's been going back out in public, frequenting her old hang outs: returning to church, bible study, lunches with her ladies; that woman can do anything as long as she has her little pillow in tow to sit on (she still has some shingles that hurt her when she sits). She's now starting radiation, which she will do everyday for the next 6 weeks (excluding weekends). Her new doctor (we got rid of that old idiot) said he couldn't understand why they had her do chemo for her type of cancer. Apparently, the type that she has responds best to radiation.
I still get scared every once in a while, thinking about recurrence... And I can't stand to look at or watch "Stepmom" (with Susan Surandon... don't know how to spell that), but overall, I am so happy for my mom.
It's really strange though, how her condition has affected my entire family. It's as though we all realized how precious life is, and so we're now attacking life with a new vigor. My sister used to always want to be a writer, but the reality of life made her give up on it. But in the past few months she's begun writing a story, and being the only one she's allowing to read the story as it progresses (I feel so special), I have to say, it's really good. And then I have begun taking voice lessons and will start up dance again next month, and this summer while in NYC I'm thinking of going to some open casting calls for shows, just to see what it's like.
And, to top everything off, I've begun seeing someone new... which hasn't happened it about a year... and so far, it's really great. He actually played Frank in the production of Annie Get Your Gun I played in, and I'm a SUCKER for talent. ;)
I really can't remember being as unhappy as I was a few short months ago. Everything in life happens for a reason, and despite my mom's awful condition, it not only brought my family closer together, but also made us all reevaluate our lives--where we are and where we're going. I'm not saying it's not hard sometimes, and that I don't wake up some days on the wrong side of the bed, but I couldn't ask to be in a better place right now.
Speaking of where I'm going... I leave for New York on June 11. I'm still excited, but I am also DREADING getting from Newark to my dorm... I'm going to need MANY crossed fingers for that one!