10/12/2026
Happy Thanksgiving. š¤
This year, I have a whole new appreciation for those two words.
Iāve been struggling to post pictures of myself lately. No hair, a body thatās been through chemo and surgery, and some days I barely recognize the woman looking back at me.
Iād be lying if I said it hasnāt been hard.
But then I look at these pictures and remind myself of something pretty important.
Iām in them. Iām here.
Here to celebrate another Thanksgiving with my husband, my girls, family and friends. Here to laugh, make memories and enjoy the ordinary moments that donāt feel so ordinary anymore.
This year has been one of the hardest chapters of my life. There were moments of fear, uncertainty and wondering what my future would look like.
But there has also been so much love, support and kindness. More than I could ever put into words.
Iām thankful for my incredible medical team, for everyone who has shown up for me, and especially for the people who have loved me through every version of myself.
Iām learning that you can be incredibly grateful for your life while still grieving parts of what youāve been through. Both can be true.
So Iāll keep taking the pictures, even when I donāt love how I look in them. Because someday I hope to look back and see not what cancer took from me, but everything I was still here to experience.
This Thanksgiving, Iām not taking a single bit of it for granted.
Life looks a little different this year. But damn, am I thankful to be living it. š¤
Just a chapter. Not the whole story.
