A very fortunate soul.

All I want from you is.......your voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyFVG4VfPmg



 (Disney's The Little Mermaid, one of my favorite movies as a kid)

 I hear this song in my mind a few times a day.   And some of the lyrics hit home, "..in pain, in need."  And others, "Just a token really.  A trifle.....it won't cost much, just your voice."    And let's be grateful that I still have, "my looks, my pretty face, and don't underestimate the importance of body language."

Last week we were having dinner and Eliza had lost her voice due to a cold.   Josh and I were trying to get her to eat and told her it would help her get better faster.  She looked at me and asked if it would help her voice.  I said yes.  Then I saw the wheels turning in her head and said, "It won't help mine....mine's in a shell somewhere and daddy hasn't found it yet."    We had a good laugh over that one. Slowly but surely I am getting more of my voice back.  In the mornings I sound half decent and it isn't painful to talk.  By the evening it's much harder.  I am learning that a voice nap in the afternoons helps a lot.  And my hope is that Santa will put one of these, http://www.amazon.com/PWMA50B-Waist-Band-Microphone-Rechargeable-Batteries/dp/B005I2YJPM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417021822&sr=8-1&keywords=voice+amplifier under the tree for me.

At this Thanksgiving time I do feel very, very fortunate.  We are so grateful that I found the cancer in the early stages, we are grateful that regardless of the complications I can still be the mom I was meant to be.   We are grateful for friends and family who have rallied the troops and brought meals, cleaned house and helped with kids.  Thank you, thank you, thank you.   You truly are God's angels.  Now for the good news....my ultrasound came back "clean" and my thyroglobulin level came back low enough for me not to need additional surgery!!!  YEPEE!  Hooray!  So happy and SO, SO grateful for miracles.  Thank you for your prayers and faith on my behalf.   So I get to glut myself for Thanksgiving and then go on my low-iodine diet and stop taking my meds on Saturday in preparation for the radioactive iodine.  

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Now lest I continue with idle prattle if anyone sees a possessed woman with a glowing seashell around her neck, text me.  I need to send my prince off to smash it.