Originally I was going to do a year in review in photos, but there were some that I wanted to include that are more than a year old.... so here's the review. Here's me. Here's my life in photos over the past 2 1/2 years, pretty much starting about a month before I met Jim.
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| April 2011, Monster Seats |
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| June 2011, Sox Game with Jim a few weeks after we met. |
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| June 2011, Will Run for Beer post race party. |
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| July 2011, Cape Cod. The day I realized I was in love with Jim. |
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| September 23, 2011, Girls Night out for my birthday |
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| September 24, 2012, Angela & Justin's wedding. The night Jim told me he loved me for the first time. |
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| April 2012 Sox Game |
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| August 19, 2012 F-1 Racing |
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| August 25, 2012 at Trapeze School |
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| November 11, 2012 Diva Run Half Marathon, Puerto Rico at mile marker 7. |
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| Nov 11, 2012 after race drinks with friends. |
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| Nov 11, 2012, before heading back up to my room. |
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| November, 2012 Puerto Rico at the resort beach |
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| Nov 2012, Puerto Rico |
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| December 2012, with a pony tail for my hair, trying on a wig for chemo dress up ideas. |
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| December 30, 2012, Doctor's office waiting room selfie for my "before" photo. |
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| December 30, 2012, the after photo |
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| January 5, 2013 Photo shoot with the girls |
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| January 25, 2013 of my purple hair |
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| January 25, 2013, lunch with Melanie and Aly |
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| February 12, 2013. First day of chemo on lots of drugs. |
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| February 13, 2013, Getting first "day after chemo shot" |
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| February 26, 2013, chemo #2, before the IV's begin. |
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| March 11, 2013 photo shoot |
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| March 11, 2013 photo shoot |
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| March 11, 2013 photo shoot |
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| March 11, 2013 photo shoot, trying out the wig that Jim liked best. |
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| March 11, 2013 photo shoot, with the blonde wig. |
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| March 12, 2013, chemo #3 |
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| March 12, 2013, chemo #3 with Melanie |
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| March 22, 2013, Betty Boobs party with John. |
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| March 22, 2013 Betty Boobs party with Tracie |
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| March 22, 2013, Betty Boobs party with Christine and Carrie |
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| March 24, 2013, Brunch in Harvard Square Cambridge with Christine |
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| March 26, 2013, chemo #4 |
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| March 2013, walk with Rocco at Ames Nowell State Park |
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| April 9, 2013 after chemo #5 stopping for ice cream |
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| April 18, 2013, one of two days I made it to kickboxing in 2013 |
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| May 21, 2013. LAST DAY OF CHEMO!! |
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| June 6, 2013, after receiving my head wrap from Good Wishes Scarves. Rightie was "over-filled" & leftie was deflated to prep for radiation. |
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| June 24, 2013 photo shoot with 2 images combined. This picture was posted in the Oct 2nd "pink edition" of the local paper. |
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| July 2013, Cape Cod watching sunset |
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| July 2013, out for dinner at Cape Cod with Jen, Jeff, and Jim (all the J's!) |
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| July 25, 2013, LAST DAY OF RADIATION!! Done with active treatment!! |
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| July 30, 2013, with Jen for Paint Nite |
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| August 1, 2013 Radiation Burns |
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| August 8, 2013, Family Reunion and posing with Grandpa who looks amazing for over 90 |
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| August 15, 2013, Kayaking with dad |
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| August 17, 2013, Tomato Bash with Christine |
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| August 29, 2013, chilling on the sofa with Rocco |
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| August 30, 2013, SkyZone Boston |
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| September 9, 2013. On a walk with Rocco on my 39th Birthday |
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| September 21, 2013 Mirror Selfie with Rocco |
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| October 12, 2013. Marini Farms Corn Maze with Jim |
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25, 2013 Rocco laying across me. After posting this picture on
Facebook, the only comments I received were about my new boobs looking
incredible. I posted it to show a picture of my lap dog. |
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It looks like I had a lot of fun over the past 2 1/2 years. And that's true. I did. I've learned a lot, changed a lot and learned to appreciate things in a different way.
Looking back at the pictures of me last November in Puerto Rico, I have a hard time recognizing myself. My long blonde hair, 25 pound smaller body.... that's not who I am anymore. I don't look like that anymore.
Going through the moments in the past year, I realized so much about who is in my life right now. There are people who mean the absolute world to me who are part of many of these days and memories.
I've come a very long way in the past year. It is unbelievable how much has changed. Next week, on Tuesday, October 29th, it will be one year from when I heard the words, "it tested positive for cancer", one year from the day my life changed forever.
When I originally thought of doing this, it was more to show all the physical changes I have gone through in the past year year, with my hair and weight changes. One thing I didn't expect to gain from doing this, dating the pictures and captioning them all, was more of an appreciation for the really good memories I have. This was a reminder to me of the great people in my life who have shared so many wonderful memories with me. It was a reminder to me of who has been here for me and who has never left my side.
This morning, I felt like I was in a sort of funk. Now I'm out of it. This helped. I needed a reminder of the good things and fun times I have had.
People give me a hard time for ALWAYS taking a ton of pictures all the time. I'm so happy that I do. I have these pictures to capture all these wonderful memories for me, that I can now look back at and see them again and smile.
So this is my photo timeline from April 2011 until yesterday afternoon. This is me. Who I was, where I have been, what I have done and what I have been through, and who I am now. These are moments I treasure in my life.
