Thursday, August 7, 2014

Thank You

This song moved to tears as I realized the reality of today. I cry happy tears as I hear this song and write this entry. It is so moving and touches my heart. I hope it does the same for my readers. As you listen to this song, allow the lyrics into your soul. I believe everything happens for a reason. This song came to me today; what a perfect glorious day for this moment. One year ago today, I could feel death. It was creeping into my life with no remorse and no way of control. I was almost gone. I could never wish that feeling upon anyone. It is true emptiness. It was my lowest place in my life I think I will ever reach. But as this song relays, "There's hope in front of me. There's a light, I still see it!"I know I have a purpose in life that I have not fulfilled yet. My time is coming. When I hear this song it not only reminds of why I held on when everything was almost gone, but it also reminds me of those who held my hand through it all. I wish I could thank everyone individually. However, I received so much sincere love from so many people I can't remember them all. To my parents, my family and family friends, my boyfriend, my best friends, my acquaintances, my doctors, my surgeons, my nurses, my fellow transplant friends, my pageant friends, my old high school friends, my previous teachers, my parent's friends, and strangers of all kinds, you are all my reason. Who ever you are, what ever role you play in my life, if you reached out to me any time in this last year, especially one year ago, please know you were and are my support and reason. Your love kept me going. When I doubted my future, my life, someone reached out to me. If you're reading this, YOU kept me going. Please never forget the power of love and hope that you can impact on a person's life. 

XO
-A

Saturday, August 2, 2014

1 YEAR!!!!

In one week I will be celebrating an entire year since my transplant! I am having a family BBQ that weekend so I will be too busy to write a blog entry, so I am doing it now! It is incredible how much a person's life can change in so many various ways through 1 year. Since August 8, 2013, my life can be described in so many different ways. It's been celebratory, trying, relieving, gruesome, breathtaking (no pun intended...well maybe), scary, prideful, gratifying, and so much more I could name off. Most of all,  my life this past year has been beautiful. My life changed forever, not just that I had a new chance. I had to learn to live a new and different life. I had to learn to live with the extreme side effects of my new medications and how to manage them. I had to learn how to physically breathe again. I have come a long way but still have years of letting my guard down to allow myself to do things I was limited to before. I also have to learn that I can breathe but am not in the clear, I still have to monitor my health very close. Through my new life changes, I am so delighted and inspired by my new chance. I love my new lungs and the true feeling of breathing! I feel so renewed as a person. I view and feel the world and people so differently now, and in such a positive and giving way. I am forever thankful for my new opportunities and adventures! Become an organ donor and you could change someone's life forever. Become a hero today at donatelife.net

Love,
A