730 days later........

January 18, 2006 was spent sitting in a doctor's office hearing news that would change my life forever. "You have breast cancer." Welcome to the club.

Fast forward 730 days to January 18, 2008:

So far today, I have:

• awakened next to my husband, to the sound of rain on the roof
• seen Justin off to work
• taken the girls to piano lessons, getting to drive for the first time on the new bypass!
• returned a dress to Macy's
• stopped at McD's for coffee to ward off the chills of a damp and drizzly January morning
• stopped at the grocery store to purchase chicken for dinner
• made deposits at the credit union
• picked the girls up from piano lessons
• driven home
• chatted with the neighbor to schedule Kathryn to babysit
• invited a friend and her husband to use extra opera tickets we have for this evening
• read countless e-mails, blog posts and news update

And.......it's only 1 P.M.!

There are still countless things to do today and more on the docket for tomorrow and the days and weeks to come. There trips being planned. There is a wedding being planned! There is LIFE to live!!!

I humbly give thanks to God for giving me these past 730 days. Who knows what tomorrow may bring; there are no guarantees. While so much that goes on each day might seem mundane, and at times even frustrating, I constantly purpose to appreciate each and every one of those days He gives me as a precious gift. I don't ever want to take them for granted.

"So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." ~ Psalm 90:12

"Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee." ~ Psalm 63:3

posted by Kim @ 12:58 PM