I turned one yesterday.
Well, I turned one in a way yesterday. I celebrated my second birthday. A year ago, on October 7th 2019, I received my stem cells back as part of the autologous stem cell transplant.
I wrote a much longer update on my CaringBridge journal in English, French and German: https://www.caringbridge.org/…/…/id/5f7f593bd73a099f728b4928
We celebrated that day yesterday. October 7th. It is my second birthday. And every day, I am grateful. Fine, maybe not all day every day but at least three times a day. 😉
And celebrating those milestones is important to me, to us. So, yesterday, we took a stroll in the park with Plato the Dog. I had a pumpkin spice latte with the creamer I had gotten from Target in curbside pick-up. Alex picked up food at our favorite restaurant. And I even had a candle on my cake.
If you want to help me celebrate, don’t hesitate to share my LIGHT THE NIGHT fundraiser or Alex’s LIGHT THE NIGHT Fundraiser (on the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society platform for Alex – on Facebook for Alex – on the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society platform for me – on Facebook for me). You can give from all around the world. And/Or register to BeTheMatch.
And/Or register to BeTheMatch in the US. If you’re in France: https://www.dondemoelleosseuse.fr/ or in Germany: https://www.dkms.de/de/spender-werden
And if you can, enjoy the sunshine outside your window, or the rain pattering, or just take a moment to breathe or check in on someone you haven’t checked in a while, or ask for help if you need it, or take some time to enjoy your favorite dish, and be kind to yourself…
I turned one yesterday—in a way.
And I have plans. And pumpkin spice latte.
Elodie Nowodazkij 