Topic: What are you giving thanks for this Thanksgiving?

Well, being Canadian, we had our Thanksgiving in October....

BUT,

I am thankful for my husband and children

I am thankful for the women I have met here, who "get" it like noone else does, and who have helped me refind my sanity and whose advice may just help me save my life

I am thankful  to wake up every morning and be alive

Although I hate the fact that I got BC, I am thankful it is treatable, so many other things could have happened to me that aren't

Thankful for my two wonderful girls.

for my husband 

for my doctors

for my life, safe and good here in Canada

for my brother who loves me dearly, but is far away

for my friend who stands by me

for the work with my sweet lovely little children at school

for the support of all those great women here.......... 

wow, i am thankful and grateful for so much these days.....good idea to write it down and share with everyone:

these are some of my favorite and most thankful things"

all my peeps who i love and love me back

my cats who make me smile every day

my health that i experience every day

this forum and all the women/men who get up every day even tho they are dealing with BC in some form

watching people on this forum reach out to others....find their own strength....express feelings and emotions in the true raw form...

the COURAGE i have observed and heard from all of you

my doctors and medical staff; people who are also working on drugs to kill cancer

the desert...where i a live...the mountains, the cactus...the road runners....the beauty of life

my ability to cycle...sooo grateful for that..that i can keep doing that

for the choices i can make in my life that make me a better person and a stronger person

there are so many many things to be thankful for.  i can remember when i was diagnosed....i prayed for 'at least 4 years:" and now i am looking at 8. that is what i am most thankful for.  that i am alive today.

diana50

Great thread!

As Kerry said, Canadian Thanksgiving was in October  here, but I'll repeat here what I did sitting at our Thanksgiving table.

I am thankful for my son.

I am thankful for my husband

I am thankful for my brother and sister in law

I am so thankful for my parents who as soon as I told them the news, they came from Newfoundland to be by my side and help me through surgery and chemo.

I am thankful for my friends.

I am thankful for my life. 

I am thankful to all of the wonderful ladies that I met on this board who helped me from when I received my d/x back in January and are still here for me today.  I love you all!

Wow - Thanks for starting this - Yesterday I was lost in thought about how thankful I am during this time.

I am thankful for this sight - I would have lost my sanity without being able to come here.  I have not encountered one person that hasn't been kind, supportive and helpful!!!! 

I am thankful unconditional love and support of my family, friends, co-workers, customers, neighbors.  I know I couldn't have made it to this point without each and every one of them. 

I am thankful for the kindness shown to me at each and every appt at the breast center.  They are a wonderful group of people!   

I am very talkative and will talk to anyone......... and am thankful to the people that talk to me w/o fear or rude comments. 

I am thankful for the people that I don't know, but are friends to family members that took the time to send me notes and prayers.

I am thankful that I am here, able to love, laugh and enjoy my family and friends. 

And...... I'd like to think I was compassionate before this, but I do believe I have learned to be more compassionate towards others and am thankful for that. 

I am thankful for my husband....that without him I would not have survived the first two years.  He is my strength and my love for over thirty years......YATCOMW is for him.....YOU ARE THE CENTER OF MY WORLD.

I am thankful for my children.....they are how I got out of bed in the morning when I felt so overwhelmed with this disease....they are beautiful both inside and out.  They are so caring, loving and the funniest darn kids you will ever meet.  They walk into a room and light it up. It is their laughter that fills my heart.

I am most thankful that God has chosen to spare me and give me this time so that I could see my children grow ---- I am thankful for every soccer game I see.....every play my daughter is in....every football game I see my son play....I sit and watch in awe on the kind of adults they are now becoming.

I am thankful for all the friends at home  who have been by my side....been there....cried with me.....laughed with me.....and have created more memories with me and wanting to create more.

I am thankful for the women on this board that inspire me daily. I am thankful to be a part of a strong bond of intelligent, sincere and passionate woman who fight daily to create a "normal" life in a difficult situation.  I am thankful that I am here so I can pay some of it forward.

Jacqueline 

I don't even know where to begin with my thanks this year.  After 2008 being one downhill run I am most thankful that 2009 has been a wonderful light at the end of the tunnel.  I am thankful for...

My husband who loves me without fail

My children who brighten every day and have made me so terribly proud

For every day that I feel really "on"

And for my friends who stood by me when I was "off"

For new friends who came to my side when I needed them

My church family who have healed my soul and helped me see God's light in the darkest places

For the beauty God has given in the sunrise, sunset and in nature 

For every moment I have on this earth as my children grow

And I am so thankful for you ladies who made me feel sane during my BC insanity!

DC Mom- Susan

Jacqueline (YATCOMW), that is so sweet, what you did with your screen name!  I always wondered what those letters stood for.  He is one lucky guy!

I always wondered what YATCOMW stood for too - though it was an anagram for your kids names or something. It is lovely.

Oh, you really are lucky. I didn't meet mine until I was 31. He was worth waiting for though...

you guys already said it all.   Without this board, I may still be playing hermit. Because no one around me really understood. Just you guys.   But my daughter, bless her heart, just turned 11 rose to the occasion and tried to take care of me.  We used to brush each other's long hair at night.  When I didn't have any, she'd pretend I did and would "brush" down my back anyway to try to make me feel better. Some times rub my bald head very lightly.

So, for this board, for my daughter, everyone that supported me, even the ones that sent me many many prayers and mass cards, that I never even met....  (and for God, who answered my prayers every time I was on my knees sobbing.)

Yes, I've learned to be more compassionate toward others.  And I'm thankful for that too.

What a wonderful thread! I am thankful for...my family...my friends...my doctors, nurses, technicians...this board, especially my Stage III sisters who give me so much hope...my job, which gave me great health insurance...what I don't have...and everyone and everything in my life.

Happy to see so many of us have lots to be thankful for despite leading very stressful stage 3 type lives. I have been having trouble all week eradicating a vivid picture I have in my mind of Celtic_Spirit crunching up her tamoxifen and spreading it on her breakfast toast...but it's a minor problem.I can deal with it.

Here's a great recipe for Thanksgiving if you want something with less sugar. Too bad cranberries are so often associated with something sickeningly sweet, they are a good antioxidant: 2 C raw cranberries, 1 onion, 1/2 C sugar, 3/4 C sour cream, 2T horseradish. Grind cranberries and onion in food processor. Add other ingredients and process til smooth. Freeze briefly, then thaw before serving.

I love to cook for Thanksgiving. We usually have 3 turkeys, a great big traditional one roasted with stuffing, a smoked turkey,and a turducken. I am thankful I am well enough to cook all day.

Weesa,  I'm thankful for you and the topic you started about being Thankful

I'm thankful for the stage III fourm and all the wonderful girls here.  You all rock!  

You are all wonderful women, each one with your own individual gift you offer to this discussion group.

I'm thankful for my loving husband who has been so awesome in showing such loving care for me during this journey, our 2 daughters who are like my best girfriends, and our 2 sons who have helped in their "sonly" way my friends, and other family members who have been there for support, I am thankful for the ocean everytime I look out and smell the salt sea air as the waves break, and the beach that I can walk on with my DH or my dogs, or alone and talk to God.I'm thankful for having breast cancer during a time when we women can benefit from the many new treatments that give us hope for time and a cure. I'm thankful for the 10 month great dane foster puppy who came to live with us a week after I came home from my mastectomy surgery. He has been like my "therapy dog"  in helping me heal thru this process. My big goofy "Bruno"

I love you all and again I am thankful for all of you

You guys are funny.  I'd be happy just to slather on some estrogen creme somwhere