finished... finished with 6 month check ups and now I have another 6 months to get ready for the next ones.. never give up Leighton looked closely and remarked... you are a bit higher on one side than the other.. to which his nurse replied.."so am I and these are real".. I love that people put things into perspective on a daily basis for me.. providing giggle moments and moments of laughter..
Leighton asked if I wanted to fix that.. to finish this.. to do more.. "nope".. I replied.. "I am going to Italy instead".. so into his little recorder he stated. "Miss Mary.. looks great and is going back to her roots!" then to me he asked... "are you bringing by cupcakes soon?
back to my roots.. back to Italy to meet a 3rd cousin....the great granddaughter of an great uncle that 100 years ago decided to stay in his town, in his country , in his life.. while his brother, my great grandfather, wandered off .. for adventures and journeys unknown.. I have been to Italy more than once.. my most wonderful memory was my sweet Tim and I going for 10 days right after my first cancer diagnosis and treatments were done.. "things look good" my oncologist said one day in March.. and I replied "Excuse me you are standing in front of my suitcase.".. That time we went to Rome.. rented an apartment where we healed together in the warm Roman sun.
I am tired.. of cancer.. of worrying about cancer.. of seeing friends with cancer and die of cancer.. this time we are going to Florence..then to my family's birthplace...back to my roots.. where the language is spoken like a song.. and the sun will warm you to the bone while you sit at a table in a piazza watching people stroll by...back to my roots.. where I feel very at home and comfortable.. like I had a life there before...back to my roots.... to heal in the warm sun.
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