Ever since my cancer battle began, the mice who live in the church where I conduct, via one of my sopranos, have sent me letters of encouragement, little gifts, clever puzzles, funny jokes, and newsy letters. Their missals of happy life have encouraged me so often.
This time, they have outdone themselves. They heard about the isolation because of the radiation, and sent me a care package filled with little presents, one for each day, to cheer me up while I am sequestered!
After I struggled through the main dose of radiation, they gave me a wonderful tee shirt with a smiley face that glows in the dark! In fact, glowing in the dark was a running theme of many items. They also loaned me a video about a mouse detective that was quite entertaining.
I work hard to stay connected to work, taking care of emails and going to meetings and teaching when I can. It tires me a great deal to push, but I must do so. What a welcome relief to come back to the mice and enjoy some down time, a little laugh, a puzzle, and now, a present!
Thank you, my little friends, for being so faithful and taking such good care of me. It means more than you will know! I will tuck your letters away, and save them for a future day when I am feeling blue. Then I will get them out and enjoy them all over again! I am smiling just thinking about it.
HINT: If you know someone who is battling cancer, and want to lift their spirits, this is an excellent way to do that. I heartily endorse this idea!
1 comment:
Oh Esther, we were so excited when Reado told us you loved our surprises! Squeak and Eek are spreading the word around the Church Mouse Community. There are so many of us you haven't met yet and now they ALL want to suprise you!
May God Mouse bless you each day, Wordy
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