"Here's to a new normal..."

If anyone read the responses to my last blog, you saw one response there from Kelli. Her response was "here's to a new normal." Simple, succinct, but with so much meaning. I liked that a lot. Life after cancer is all about finding what is my new normal and celebrating it. I may not be able to do some or many of the things I used to take for granted. Chemo, radiation, and herceptin, while working to get rid of cancer, ravages the body and can potentially weaken the heart. It's a trade off. So now, I find I have to take things slower. Like life...I find that I actually enjoy a slower pace of life. It suits me. You see more things when you slow down. I have discovered that I don't have to do everything myself. Sometimes, things don't get done or I have to rely on others to help (gasp!). I find that I am consciously thankful for each day that I wake up. And at the end of the day, I am thankful that I have passed another day cancer free. These are blessings that I don't take for granted anymore. And Lord willing, these days will start to add up and before I know it, years will have passed. So here's to my new normal. I like that!