First of all, last August Cody and I bought a new house. It was a complete fluke of a purchase. We were not looking for a home to buy. We happened upon an open house and went into look “just for fun” and ended up making an offer and purchasing said home within a week. We then got to survive the moving process in the dead of August with me having just started back to school. It was crazy. It was stressful. However, I absolutely love our house. I’ve spent a lot of the past year remodeling stuff and have started to feel like it is really our home.
And no, we didn’t sell our first home. It is currently being rented by a really reliable couple that we hope continues to rent it until America’s economy does not suck so bad.
The few months after we moved into our new house are pretty much a complete blur for me. I coach volleyball from August to the beginning of November. Last year, it pretty much took all I had to keep my head above water for that stretch of time. The past year has been different than most, because my mom was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer a little over a year ago. I have spent the last year sort of chained to the next set of test results or next trip to visit a doctor. The good news is that my mom is currently responding to treatment. It took literally almost a year for us to find a treatment that slowed the growth of the cancer. But we have found a solution for now. I am so grateful and happy. And I am so proud of my mom for enduring the past year with grace that is ever-present in times of struggle for her.
Besides new houses and life-altering battles with cancer, my life has been pretty calm here lately. This summer Cody and I went to the Dominican Republic for a week. I spent a lot of time soaking up days with nothing scheduled to do and time that I could spend with Cody and my family. This summer has been a bit of a relief from a year of pretty hard stuff for me. It has been a chance to recharge a bit and I am thankful for that.
I have figured out over the last year that there can be some good that comes out of a cancer diagnosis. I have started appreciating days that are good a lot more than I used to. I try not to worry about insignificant stuff near as much. And I have started identifying my mom’s cancer diagnosis as one of those things that is bound to make me a stronger and better person in the end. I have spent a lot of this year really trying to cope with my mom’s diagnosis rather than running away from it like I did when I was in high school. I have read books and blogs and met people who have done more than just survive their own battle with an illness or a battle of someone they love. Eventually I’ll get around to blogging about all of the interesting stuff that I have learned in the past year.
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