Dear Friend, Happy New Year! 😊 I hope you are rejoicing! If you feel like me right now maybe it's a little bittersweet, letting go of 2018 and facing the unknowns of circumstances carrying into 2019. Today I’m reminded about a time about five years ago when I had a scan that showed an area of growth in or near my thymus in my chest. I couldn't figure out how something could have gone wrong and how I may have developed cancer again, as I couldn't figure out what else might be happening. I was following my rigorous regimen and I didn't get what was going on! My doctor said to wait six weeks before going for another test, and there was nothing I could really do while I waited to change the out
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