Just a great week for me personally. Friday morning was my last visit of the year at the Integris Cancer Center. It boggles my mind it was a short nine months ago Dr. Showalter closed the door and told me I had two months to live. Told me to get my affairs in order.
I didn’t cry. I didn’t feel sorry for myself. I did excatly what he told me to do and gave it my best shot….and got my affiars in order.
I worked hard and put faith in God’s hands.
This was a journey. But in reality it has made me a better person with a more giving heart and a broader sense of human empathy.
My blood lab tests on Friday were just about perfect. I feel like I’m about twenty-eight years old again.
I was given a brand new pair of state of the art terrain hiking poles for Christmas by my wife. Another game changer. The poles Dorthy gave me are now in a corner. The state of the art walker is now used only as a food transporter for food from the kitchen to the living room.
Sundays are now my hiking days when I take on a new challenge each week just nudging the bar a little further each time.
I’m doing a two and a half mile walk today Pauli and I used to do together along the walking paths out here at the Deer Creek ranch.
Tomorrow I’ll idle back a little and do one mile cool down stroll at this great park in Prague, Oklahoma.
In January… I plan on taking hikes around both Lake Fayetteville and Lake Sequoyah.
The latter being a seven mile jaunt.
I fell so blessed. So fortunate.
Have a wonderful 2024. I know I plan on doing so.
MJ