Moved in 6 years ago today
November is so much more than just Thanksgiving. For us, the last 7 years’ November has been a bittersweet month with bittersweet events.
Seven years ago (1999), Hubby and I were married in front of a judge on November 22. This was the only good event. Feel free to skip the rest of this post as I proceed to moan and whine.
Six years ago today, we moved into our house (something big happened a week after, and we didn’t really make it a home until a year later). On our one-year anniversary day (2000), I was sitting at the hospital bright and early waiting for my biopsy surgery. Alone. Alone because we never ever in our wildest imagination thought that it would be cancerous, so I told Hubby to go into work after he dropped me off for the one-day surgery. On Black Friday the 24th (day after Thanksgiving), they told us the results and turned our world upside down. Coincidentally, this year’s Black Friday is the 24th.
I was then diagnosed with a chronic condition that has no cure 4 years ago on Nov 22 (the symptoms can be controlled by taking medication daily)
My grandfather died 2 years ago on Nov 22.
It seems like bad things happened every other year for the last 6 years. And this year is supposedly the ‘bad’ year. As November 22 is pulling up the curb, I’m very nervous and anxious to say the least. I nearly hurled just typing up this post.
I found this in my archive.
Please hope very very hard with me that nothing bad will happen this year. Thank you.
November 15th, 2006 at 3:15 pm
If nothing untoward happens, celebrate this Nov 22. You deserve to. Hang in there, babe.
November 15th, 2006 at 4:05 pm
I predict that something wonderful will happen this year! My thoughts and prayers go with you, they will act as a shield to protect you. They will not, however, protect you from a hangover. So if you take Jenn’s advice, be sure to take the aspirin *before* you go to bed.
But seriously, I’m sorry that November has turned into such a minefield for you. Perhaps you need to start a new tradition for this month so you can replace those bad memories with good ones. On the other hand, if you can get someone to babysit, maybe you should just stay in bed that day!
Good luck, whatever you decide to do!
November 15th, 2006 at 7:44 pm
Like the previous posters, i’m praying your cyle of negative will not only be broken but replaced with something positive!
November 16th, 2006 at 4:57 am
Oh, so sorry to hear it, Sweetisu. Here’s hoping you’ll break that horrible cycle this year!
November 16th, 2006 at 8:37 am
I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed for you this week!
I’m with Beth, let’s hope something wonderful happens this year to break the cycle.
November 16th, 2006 at 6:54 pm
It’s sometimes very tempting to think that history is repeating itself, but let’s hope not. Do you do the same with happy things? It might help you to put things in a little bit brighter perspective.
Sending you love and strength (even though having gone through all that, you must have superextra-supplies of the latter)!
November 16th, 2006 at 9:24 pm
[...] Thank you so so much for all your love about my last post. I’m sorry to be such a downer sometimes but I can’t help feeling the anxiety getting stronger as next week draws closer. lauranen is right though: it would be a good idea to look at the good and happy things in such light as well. May next week be good and swell with lots of laughters and celebrations, with my brother’s family who is coming here from out of town. [...]
November 16th, 2006 at 9:46 pm
Sweetisu, thanks for stopping by - I answered your Cingular question on my blog…
Any hoo, you should write a “thankful Thursday” post that I see bloggers do - just write down the things that you are thankful for - doesn’t even have to be on a Thursday… I think the exercise of doing so will set a new thinking pattern and as the above comments mention, a new perspective - Have a great Thanksgiving - may your mind be blown with the abundant goodness heading your way!