MY HERO

I know I've spoken of my son's mother-in-law Mary often in her fight against Cancer,

but realized I haven't shown you all her picture recently.

Well here she is at her home this Thanksgiving which also fell on her birthday.

Mary is in the middle of her 5th year round of Chemo.

Once again she is in the process of loosing her hair, eyelashes and eyebrows

and she won't wear a wig. 

She is extremely confident in who she is 

which is something I wish I could say for myself if the situation were reversed.

She hosted us this Thanksgiving and cooked the Bird.

She continues to teach her Yoga classes 

and has visited/traveled to see her 1st grandbaby in Dallas, Texas several times this year.

She averages between 11,000 and 12,000 steps a day,

and continues to be one of the most positive, dearest people I know.

She is truly remarkable and an inspiration to me, her family and friends.

And pretty much says FUCK Covid while still staying safe.

God I love her!

SO VERY THANKFUL

During this crazy, 

difficult year,

 thank goodness we still have so many things to be thankful for.

A lovely home with beautiful gardens to surround us,

healthy successful children who have found their way,

four grands who are delightful and keep us smiling,

and yes our good health,

even though as we age we find our bodies slowly breaking down.

But we continue to work thru that by exercising and eating as clean as possible,

for us anyways.

Ha!

In the bigger picture,

I'm so thankful that my son-in-law Michael continues to fight against his brain cancer tumor.

He is almost done with his Chemo treatments and the tumor has shrunk a bit.

To look at him you would never know he is sick.

My son's in-laws,

Mary and Nick,

 are now both struggling with different kinds of cancers.

Mary is in her 5th year,

 and her 5th round of treatments.

Her 5th time to loose all her hair,

she is the bravest person I know and again,

never complains.

She inspires me daily with her strength and will to live.

And we just found out recently that her husband Nick has a rare form of bone cancer. 

Luckily it was found early and is treatable by replacing his blood twice a week.

No pills yet, 

and no chemo or radiation.

He is the picture of health and well-being.

We will be together today to eat, drink and be merry for another year round the table.

Today I find myself giggling over this most recent find in the potato bag.

I'm in charge of the mashed potatoes,

which are not "clean" at all.

Full of butter, sour cream, whipping cream, cream cheese with a hint of garlic and rosemary.

They are my specialty and are asked for on this day of giving.

So I could not bare to cut up this wonderful discovery for the boiling pot.

I will take it with me to share and make everyone else laugh with me.

I cannot tell you what my husband said about it,

but I'm sure you can imagine.

LOL 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!