Today is a gift

I could lay here staring at these eyelashes for days. I remember watching them fall out one by one. I remember when they had all fallen out but one strand that lasted for weeks. I remember looking down at her eyelids pale and hairless and realizing my baby had cancer. That we were pumping her with poison. That I had no choice. I remember laying in that hospital bed holding her while she slept kissing her eyelids praying it would all just be over. And today after 19 months off chemotherapy her eyelashes are 100% grown back. 19 months, thats a long time of chemo. I remember that bald head, pale skin, chubby cheeks. But as I stare into this healthy Presley I see how deep we really were in the fight. With everyday her hair grows longer, her scars heal a little more and her childhood is being lived outside the glass. Today is a gift!!!