Happiness is...

10.  Being able to actually feel and see my new baby eyelashes!

9.  Knowing that the reason the last of my eyebrows fell out is because they're quickly being replaced with new ones!!

8.  Having almost half an inch of shocking white "chemo hair" - interspersed with lots and lots of newly-sprouting thick, dark hairs!

7.  Making it through 12 of 30 radiation treatments with no visible signs or changes to my left breast or scars - so far.

6.  Having a complete and total return of my senses of taste and smell - and realizing that I never appreciated the beauty of either before.

5.  Knowing I will never again take my sense of taste or smell for granted.

4.  Having Portia removed - even if it means now fighting a nasty infection as a result of an allergic reaction to the surgical patch and tape.  -->insert sad and itchy face here<--

3.  Did I mention having Portia removed?

2.  Having energy enough to get back to "normal" - whatever that is - including running without fainting, and yoga-ing without pulling a muscle.

1.  Waking up, every morning, and taking that first deep breath, knowing that today is another day of blessings and happiness.

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."  - Epicurus