[Heather]

Thank you for all of your kind and supportive words. I have been doing a lot of self reflection lately and I think journaling would be a great way to express the thoughts going on in my head as I am a very in my head kind of person.

I spend a lot of time commuting to school and find it pretty therapeutic, I listen to music and sometimes laugh sometimes cry. I see my parents every day and today we went to the hospital together. My dad went to see palliative care and his oncologist. His blood work did not come back great today, he has elevated kidney values and low red blood cells. He is palliative so it is not uncommon to get news like this, he is going to get a blood transfusion tomorrow in hopes that will help with the fatigue he has been experiencing.

I am feeling much better in the past couple of days, I am lucky to have such wonderful parents in my life and feel truly blessed. My dad is so resilient and I am so proud of him as he has put up such a good fight against cancer.

I will say if anyone is reading this and feels they have no one to talk to or feel they don’t want to burden people with their ‘problems’ as this is something I have struggled with. I recommend opening up to someone, I opened up to a friend the other day who could tell there was something bothering me and her support; just a listening ear meant so much to me. While I have my family it is important to have people who are outside of that network to provide support to you and help you through tough times.

Thanks again for listening.

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