My Welcome Letter: Thank you for the year of a lifetime!
Team Tennessee,
Writing your last diary entry (or in this case blog) or your farewell letter is as complicated as my favorite pageant question, “So, tell me about yourself”. Thirty three years to cover in a single question is no easy task but neither is saying goodbye to a year of a lifetime. To sum it all up, to thank every individual or to give justice in words to the memories, is next to impossible. Obviously, I am extremely thankful, grateful and humbled by it all. I have opened up my heart and my life over the year. I have shared tears and joy…and moments that have changed my soul forever. There just is no way to put it into words in a way that will describe how it has all become a part of who I am.
So, I am not going to write a farewell letter or last blog entry… quite the contrary…I have no intention of stopping my work and there is a lot of road travel left in this girl. Therefore, I am going to write a welcome letter.
To the years ahead…to the heroes I will meet… and the opportunities of hope I pray I will encounter….WELCOME. Welcome to the life of a woman who is strong, fearless and determined to beat cancer. I may be little on the outside but I have a mighty tall spirit on the inside and I am so grateful to welcome you into my life. I come to you with great strength because of the people who have supported me on the road so far. Great people. Heroes. I am who I am because of them. I am stronger because of them. I am even more determined because of them.
WELCOME world… give me all you’ve got. I have a lifetime of memories and a very special year of service in my weapons kit. Watch out cancer. I am ready for battle! This five foot five powerhouse from Tennessee is ready….after all, I HAVE been to Ninja Mountain.
Here we go Team Tennessee. Goodnight and not goodbye. We are ready for our next adventure and believe me…there is a lot more adventure and hope ahead!
See You on THE ROAD TO THE CURE!
Cydney
PS…Stay tuned for the launch of The Road to the CURE blog! Photos, videos and stories from the road. What? Did you think I was kidding? I wasn’t…. I really mean it….The road is just beginning….
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