BEGINNING EACH DAY WITH A SMILE IS MY CHOICE

Regardless of my awakening to pain, I’ve decided to start every day with a positive attitude by reminding myself that in addition to the huge personal miracle that took place in Houston, I fully appreciate the fact that with Will and David literally by my side while all of you have virtually been with us, I have been blessed more than is true of most who have had need of life saving surgery.

The fact that positive focus has shaped my thinking patterns since my sons were small boys suggests that I, like all human beings, am a creature of habit.

“The soul grows into lovely habits as easily as into ugly ones, and the moment a life begins to blossom into beautiful words and deeds, that moment a new standard of conduct is established, and your eager neighbors look to you for a continuous manifestation of the good cheer, the sympathy, the ready wit, the comradeship, or the inspiration, you once showed yourself capable of. Bear figs for a season or two, and the world outside the orchard is very unwilling you should bear thistles.”
—Excerpt from Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin

The fact is that, one day, I’ll awaken pain free with energy to spare suggesting that before too long, the rest of my life will stretch out before me in a nation led by Biden and Harris (and Jill Biden makes three capable leaders), all of whom will surround themselves with smart-hearted staff, meaning that we ‘The People’ can depend upon a braintrust that will create heartfelt changes for the betterment of every person of every age, and with so much to look forward to, I aim to keep my mental concentration focused on the positive, beginning right after I take a pain pill, which I’m attempting to space five hours apart instead of four.
🙋🏻‍♀️Annie

PS
Once Family and Friends hear that a full head of hair is covering my scalp, they ask me to send a photo, so that makes me think that you might like to see the kind of growth, which seems to be taking place so fast that Will insists he can see a difference in length, every day🙂

My head is bent toward one side to offer a view of the varieties of hues that warm my scalp.

As to lashes and brows, they’re in no hurry to thicken, so whenever eyebrows seem appropriate, out comes my trusty eyebrow pencil, and if you ask me, I’d say that the brows seen drawn on my face are not yet even close to the ones that had once grown naturally by themselves ...