I found out today that I am officially cancer-free; so, I am just elated. I’ve had 11 job interviews this week.

I want to thank all of you who shared words of encouragement.

To those of you who donated to the GoFundMe: I want give you a special thanks. I didn’t want to ask for money because I didn’t think I’d need it. But with everything you raised, I was able to get some interview clothes from the Goodwill and Ventra card for the CTA. Basically if I get any offers in the next week or so, it’s complete down to you.

For context: whenever I would travel for work, my daughter would surreptitiously place one of her stuffed animals in my luggage so I “wouldn’t get lonely”. When I came here for treatment, I took some of them with me because, well, hospitals are pretty bleak, especially when you know you’re going to be there for a while. A few months after my dad died, his lawyer sent a big box of old photos, yearbooks, and my parents’ funerary flags to my hospital room. And so, without u/corgiwithalaptop I probably would have lost every photo from my childhood, every photo of my parents in their youth, and the reminders of what an awesome little girl I was lucky enough to help raise. I don’t even have words to express how thankful I am to them.

I just want to say thanks for this community and thanks to all of you.