Start each DAY with a smile....

As my life returns back to NORMAL...

I'm learning that my

day begins with a SIMPLE expression...

A SMILE!

I'm smiling because things that I used to do...

like taking a bath,

walking down stairs,

going pee pee (without pain),

and of course...

spending time with my family...

doing all the FUN things we used to do...

are FINALLY happening again!

And I love to hear people saying,

"We've got Jana back!"

So when Ron and Cameron had last Friday off of work...

I couldn't wait to JUMP back on the boat!

They got to FISH...

I got to READ !

(Okay I didn't read...we were having so much fun talking!) 

Ron was having fun FISHING...

 

Cameron is always just FUN!

 

I sure LOVE these two boys!

 

I love the way they LOVE each other and 

LOVE being around each other! 

I find myself now thinking of FIRSTS!

(meaning... my firsts since my medical crap began)

This was my FIRST time to be back on the boat!

This was my FIRST time to wear my cute NEW (not so new now!) boating hat!

This was my FIRST time to get back into my swimsuit!

This was my FIRST time to see my weight loss in a picture!

This was my FIRST time to see a SMILE back on my face!

And it was the FIRST time that I began to FEEL

alive again!

I will always look at my life differently now..

and treasure each day,

by starting each day with a SMILE knowing that

I'm alive!