in 51 minutes ...

it will have been one year since I was a healthy 38 year old who had a brain stem stroke!  Of course, the aniversary should mean absolutely nothing ... it is certainly not going to happen again on the same day, but all of us (the kids included) are feeling a little wierd about getting through tomorrow without anything bad happening.

I went out for a few drinks with some great friends tonight and just "because" we started with a shot to celebrate life and living through some pretty traumatic events over the last year.  Without my friends, I don't know that the year would have gone as smoothly - and I just wanted to remind them that my gratitude is boundless ... and is there a better way to do that than with a shot????

So ... happy S-day to me tomorrow ... not sure how I will be celebrating, but I do know that I will be celebrating that I have survived a stroke and even better ... survived it with absolutely no side effects.  I think someone was looking out for me!!!