I picked my three year old up from preschool last week and they had just finished a thanksgiving project about what they are thankful for. I couldn’t help but laugh when I read his response. He is thankful for the snacks in the snack box. I supposed that I am thankful for the snacks in the snack box too, especially around 3 in the afternoon. But I wouldn’t say that the snacks in the snack box are at the top of my list.

I can’t help think how different my “Thanksgiving List” is this year. Last year at this time I didn’t even know I had a brain tumour. Now here I am 9 weeks post surgery. Here is my top ten things I am thankful for this year.

I am thankful:

1. to be alive and healthy without a brain tumour
2. that it was me with the brain tumour and not my kids or my husband
3. that my husband took the “in sickness and in health” part of our marriage vows to heart. We pulled each other through this brain tumour fiasco together.
4. for my kids because even on the bad days they gave me a reason to get my crap together
5. my neurosurgeon’s steady hands
6. that neither Timmy or the neurosurgeon did any permanent damage to my brain
7. for my parents who took care of the kids and the house so that all I had to do was get better, and all my husband had to do was take care of me
8. for my family, friends and blog readers for the guidance, free childcare, meal-train meals, cards, gifts, flowers, prayers and support you all rock
9. that a brain tumour cost me a grand total of $33.00 ($8.00 for the drugs my drug plan didn’t cover and $25.00 in parking at the hospital for the week so my family could come and visit me)
10. plus all of the things that I am thankful for every year

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, I am thankful for you.