Life to the Theme From Star Wars

It's a typical evening at the H-W home.  Luke and Jake are practicing piano.  Jake is learning... you guessed it... the Theme from Star Wars, which I have come to know and love.  :)

It's wonderful for me to see life returning to its usual rhythm, with its usual ebbs and flows.  I feel such an incredible weight off of my shoulders now that the stem cell transplant is behind me.  I know that I have done everything that I can do medically to overcome this disease, so I am freed from the worry and angst of what I should (or shouldn't) do next.  I still take my handfuls of pills each day, and still have plenty of symptoms, but that nagging feeling of impending doom just seems to have floated away.

It may have found you, or someone else I know and love.  Possibly the worst thing about having scleroderma is the conversation I have all too often... it always begins with, "I know this doesn't compare to what you are going through..." and ends in any number of personal crises.  I am sorry if I haven't been the kind of friend and listener I once was, but I promise--I'm back.  Bring it on.  If I can help, if you need a shoulder, or just a good ear, please let me know.

And for those who haven't seen me lately, I'm finally growing some hair!  And eyebrows!  And eyelashes!  I don't have a real photo, so my Mac Photo Booth will have to do for tonight.