I'm a bad blogger. Really, I am. I am terrible at staying current and posting updates on Kavan's health and our life. I think part of this stems from a general busyness. Kavan is busy studying for his CPA while working full-time and me (the primary author of this blog), well, I am busy juggling full-time graduate studies will multiple part-time jobs.
Sure, that's one perspective, but I think the bigger cause is more likely my unwillingness to continue living the cancer story. Certainly, cancer will always be a part of our story; however cancer is NOT our story. This is not it. I prefer to think of it as a little bump in the road, a slap-in-the-face reminder to not take life (and good health) for granted.
So before we start focusing (and living) in the present, I'll give a brief run down of 2015 and our plans for 2016.
2015 was our first full year as newlyweds and it was a great one.
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| January 1, 2015: Rung in the new year at a family wedding |
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| February 2015: Best uncle x2! |
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| February 2015: Winter time at the lake with good friends |
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| March 2015: Dinner before I headed to Ireland and Kavan to England |
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| March 2015: My first trip to Ireland |
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| April 2015: Obligatory selfie at an Oiler's game |
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| May 2015: Trip with the besties to Hawaii |
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| May 2015: Hike at the Kona coast |
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| June 2015: Hanging out in Danny's basement with friends |
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| June 2015: Kavan's new best friend. |
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| July 2015: Celebrating two years of cancer freedom with friends. |
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| August 2015: First anniversary dinner |
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| August 2016: Ahhh, I'm thirty! |
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| September 2015: Celebrating weddings! |
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| September 2015: Our new fur-babies! |
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| November 2015: My trip to Ottawa |
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| December 2015: New Years! |
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| 2016: Day 1/365 at the Ice castle |
There was our 2015. Now, on to a new year with much goodness. Here's what Kavan and I will be up to in 2016:
- Kavan will hopefully finish up his CPA designation (Fingers crossed!)
- I will complete my PhD candidacy and start my dissertation!
- We will jet off to England for three weeks to see our much-loved overseas family.
And perhaps most importantly, we will continue to celebrate Kavan's cancer freedom with a strong focus on the future.
Happy 2016 and please send your well-wishes Kavan's way as he approaches his next appointment at the Cross Cancer Institute in a few weeks!
