My 25 year old daughter is engaged. Her and her fiance where down in Florida for spring break and he purposed to her. I am very happy for the both of them. She lives in another state so I don't get to see her that much. I was able to meet the fiance this winter and he seems like a very nice young man.
When I was diagnosed my daughter was in college and I didn't even think I would see here graduate. She did and is in her second year teaching special ed, and deaf kids. Something she enjoys immensely. To be able to see how excited she is when she is teaching reminds me of my Mom when she was teaching. They both always refer to the students in their classroom as "their kids". I mention this as it has brought a ton of emotion that I thought I had hidden away a long time ago. I really didn't know what to expect when I was diagnosed with CML and wasn't able to even look into the future to make any plans or even to wish of things to come. It is strange how as time goes by and my medicine keeps doing what it is supposed to do, I can at least think about my future. For the longest time the future was something other people could look forward to, I couldn't. My future was so uncertain to me it was foolish to try and plan something or even think about what I might be doing sometime in the future.
