Every month, I will be challenging
myself to create a post of what I am thankful and grateful for in life. This
will allow me to reflect on all the POSITIVE that is happening in my life. As
we all know you get nowhere when you focus on the negatives in life. Here is
the month of May........
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At the end of May Maria and I
escaped from the house. Yes, this basically was are first night out minus
Alayna. We have been without her before but never for more than 2 or 3 hours.
This night we were gone for over 6 hours at the Tim McGraw concert. I think we
really enjoyed people watching this time at the concert. There were so many
strange people walking around. Maria and I both missed Alayna and I think Maria
went through the photos on my phone at least 3 times looking at Alayna. There
are plenty of photos on my phone well over 1,000. Ok, I know I am obsessed but
what can I say. She is my little girl! After all the rain and mud at the
concert we had a great time spending quality time with each other. Nothing like
courting the one you love!!
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I was thankful this month to take a
few days off of work to spend some quality time with Maria and Alayna. It is
very hard to be at work all day long waiting to drive home and see my girls.
Even though we didn't make it to Canada like we planned we still had a blast.
In fact during my stay at home we had some very exciting thing happen to us. I
will write about this in a future post.
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Alayna celebrated her 7 month
birthday in the month of May. She is continuing to grow and change in front of
our eyes. Time is going by so fast. She will be crawling soon I know it Here is
Alayna's 7 month post.
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Our Great Strides walk took place
this month. This year, my team raised the most money we have ever raised for a
walk which was $1,695. I am so grateful to have walked with Maria, my mom, and
a few friends this year. If you have ever donated to the Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation, I am so thankful to you. The light is getting a lot closer to
finding a real medical break through for this disease. We wouldn't be this
close if it wasn't for all the generous donations through the years. THANK YOU
for helping add tomorrow's to my life and everyone who is impacted by this
disease!
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May marks my 6th year at my
employer. I have been there ever since I have graduated college. I am so
thankful that I have the opportunity to work full time. If it was not for my
employeers health care plan Maria and I would not have had the benefit of going
through our pregnancy journey. Many and most insurers do not cover any
fertility treatments but my employer decided to cover fertility treatments for
infertile individuals. This was beyond a blessing. I am so thankful to be
working every day and I have not missed a single day due to CF (minus my gal
bladder surgery)! I know there are others in this community who would love to
work full time but with the demands of this disease it isn't possible. For some
people with CF this is their full time job and there is nothing wrong with that
at all.
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I am thankful that a cyster Megan
and her husband David received the birth of their miracle little girl in May.
Sydney is so adorable!! Megan and David went through fertility procedures just
like Maria and I and WE are so happy everything worked out for the two of them.
All the blood sweat and tears are so worth it! Congrats to the both of you and
I love seeing pictures of Sydney. Here is Megan's blogsite
if you would like to read their exciting story.
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May has been another month of 100%
compliance for me, Woo hoo!!! Since starting this monthly thankfulness back in
February I have not missed a single airway treatment. I have had 4 full months
or 120 days of tracked airway clearance and I have been 100% compliant! I am so
motivated to keep myself as healthy as possible for my family. I know they want
me to be around for years and so do I!!!!!!!
We all have something to be thankful for
so.....................what are you thankful for today?
At Tim McGraw!
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