My primary thought this evening is thankfulness.
I am thankful to be living.
I gave blood for the first time today since I got pregnant. Nico just turned one, and I could finally answer that I had not had a blood transfuion in the last twelve months. My recovery was long and much too secret - not by choice but more due to the seclusion that fatigue and disability naturally engender. But the joy that has been the result is palpable, and I am so thankful for the life that I have - all of it.
