goodcynthesis

Endings and Beginnings

This is the last day of the year. My brother sent me a cake that has a rear view mirror with 2011 in the corner. I am happy to see the year go. It has been filled with and consumed by cancer and its treatment. It has been a year of appointments and surgeries. I have had to build my life around my health. I had to learn to say “no” to projects, events, meetings, to things I wanted to do and some I didn’t. I had to miss things with my children. I am glad to say goodbye to 2011.

It’s a little scary letting go and moving on even if it’s towards a better future. I think this blog will be about how I shape this new life and the choices I make. For now I have stopped journaling on my caringbridge site and turned to this new one. We’ll see how it goes!

Getting a stumbling start!

Clearly this will be a large learning curve! Figuring out how all of this works it a bit of a challenge.  Caringbridge was such an easy process but I hope this will be a bit more interactive and I’ll figure out how to post photos.  We’ll see!

A New Beginning

Here is my new blog. After a variety of suggestions I settled on goodcynthesis. Many of the plays on “good” were already taken!  My plan is to offer my thoughts for the day without the focus on my health.  I hope to focus on this new life I’ve been offered and how it will take shape over time.