Drink it up love, drink it up...

One of the major lessons I've learned about this disease and how it affects my every-day living is that I am incredibly sensitive with my feelings.  Meaning, when I am sad, I feel it, I taste it, I experience it. However, when I am happy, I glow. It's heartbreaking yet overwhelmingly wonderful.  And when I am in a wonderful place, I love to pay it forward, pass it on, and share it with those who have been in my corner during the lows of my life.

This sensitivity is a double edged sword, but I can tell you there are times when I am bursting at the seams with pure love and happiness. When the love and beauty I'm surrounded by are so intense in my heart -- I truly feel that I want to cry (and sometimes I do). Cry in a way, that each tear represents how appreciative, grateful, and amazing my life is at that small moment.  It is incredibly hard to articulate, but lately... I am experiencing these highs from my remission, my trip to greece, and now to the first holiday season in over four years without any disease.  At this moment, I could not ask for anything more and want my celebrations to be all of yours -- I am breathing in so much happiness, love, and support and exhaling beauty. A beauty that I hope all of you are able to experience too. To live in this moment of 'wonderful,' with me.  However short-lived it may be.

Life could not be any sweeter. So here, I want to share with you my life-changing trip to Greece. Words and even the pictures can not justify what happened in these ten days with four of my favorite people in the entire world.  A trip, when I talk about it or think of it... only creates the happiest of tears and the sweetest of smiles. And, without all of your support -- would have never happened.

These pictures are my gift to all of you this holiday season..
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We are never the same once we see the sun set on the other side of the world....'

From the Acropolis, to the Temples of Athena, Posidion, Heresedes, Zeus the Parthenon, the New Acropolis Museum, Hiking up mountains, Spending time in the Agora, Bath Water Tower, Delphi (foundation of the oracle, thoughts, philosophy and questions of life) Falapalos Hill, Pistachio Factories, Market Places, Plaka Square and other tavernas, The beautiful Islands, Sunsets all over, and Cape Sounion Beach. We had the time of our lives. We took over 2500 pictures, these are only from my camera -- however they are 100 of my absolute favorite moments/shots of the trip :)

Sending all of my love to all of you this holiday season,

b.

Thank you & Private Settings.

I just wanted to post and say thank you to the hundreds, literally, hundreds of e-mails, and comments from facebook, to this blog, to the Hodgkin's forum.  Some days, I have no idea how many people really come to this blog for support or information and its very humbling.

I always, hate to do this. To think that I need to privatize my settings; however, I am beginning to interview for internship positions once again and need to be able to control who sees this information or not.  I hope you decide to continue to follow.  It is a process to send out invitations to all of my readers, but it's definitely worth the support and celebration you all give to me.  If you would like to continue reading this blog please do the following:

• Email me at: RebekahFurey@mac.com

• Title it as: Private Blog
• Please, please, please, title it exactly as it says above. 
• Not, 'blog.' Not 'bekah's blog.' This will get lost in my e-mail account. I have a filter in my account to send all of your e-mails to one folder. So, pretty-please title it accordingly.

• In the e-mail: identify yourself 
• fellow cancer warrior, friend of a friend, hodgkin's forum, you just stumbled upon the blog and want to continue to read it, or if we're connected in any other way...
•  no need for lengthy details (but if you want, I LOVE hearing stories of your own inspiration, survival, and overcoming adversity!)

• You can expect an invite in February. 
• You will receive an e-mail from blogspot, asking if you'd like to follow my blog.  

If I have sent you a private invitation in the past, please do not assume that you will be able to sign in and view the blog.  Please, re-send me an e-mail.  If I do not hear from you, I will assume you do not want to be included. And that is okay too :)

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving, Holiday Season and New Year.
We obviously hope this remission will last a few months, and if not, we have good options for treatment in the Spring.

Sending all of you love,
B!

Tears and Scans

I am in sweet
sweet --
 beautiful,

Remission.

(complete remission)

for the first time in 

three years. 

B.

Me and  Max are happy campers! Go celebrate!