This year
Valentine’s Day fell on a Thursday and Thursdays are my chemo days. Not exactly the most romantic dreamy way to
spend the day, but I really didn’t think too much about it. I have been feeling really well all week so
my mood was good regardless of the not so ideal situation. I got the kids off to the babysitter with the
valentines for their daycare friends and sitter. I got Brinley’s valentines together for her
school friends and teachers as she was having a school party. I got Coen’s valentines together for his
school friends and teachers as he was also having a party. I got the other babysitter’s valentine card
and candy together and I had a box of chocolates ready for the chemo nurses. The kids made valentines for family out of
town and those were in the mail already.
The kids have been working hard on all these valentine’s for the last
two weeks and I was very happy to finally get them all out of the house! Valentine’s Day is exhausting and this year I
don’t even have my dragonfly classroom party to worry about, although I miss
all my students so much!
Anyway, mid-morning
the doorbell rings and I have a surprise gift.
A box of chocolate covered strawberries from Edible Arrangements. So yummy.
I was so excited and touched that Jeff sent that. Then in the afternoon I head off to the
cancer center for chemo. I go to check
in and I’m chatting with the lady behind the counter. When I go to sit down and wait, I catch a
glimpse of a super handsome man out of the corner of my eye. I do a double take and I think it kind of
looks like Jeff back there in the chemo part of the hospital. Wait a minute! It is Jeff!
I was shocked! At first I was
nervous wondering why he was here…does he know something I don’t know? Did they call him here because something is
wrong? I know he went to work this
morning. I immediately go to him and give
him a huge hug and ask him what he’s doing here. I’m so surprised and happy and worried. He’s smiling, that’s a good sign. Then I remember the huge box of chocolates I
am carrying for the nurses and remember it is Valentine’s Day. He came here to be with me for Valentine’s
Day!!! I notice that one of the chemo
chairs have balloons next to it and a chocolate heart cake and a bottle of
milk! He is so amazing! I couldn’t help it, I started to cry. He is the most incredible man and I love him
so much! I could have never imagined a
Valentine’s Day with cancer, at the hospital, getting chemo. I definitely never imagined that it would be
one of the best Valentine’s Day of my life!
Looking
on the Bright Side…as I write these blog posts I realize that I have been
crying a lot. I cry when I’m sad, happy,
shocked, surprised, etc. I guess that’s
another cancer perk, I am allowed to be super emotional and people aren’t going
to judge. BTW – I might be crying a bit
as I write this, I can’t help myself!
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My Sweet Love
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