Yeah, I know, the title.    Meaningful to likely No One but Me.  It's a favorite saying attributed to DaVinci...  " I love those who can smile in trouble..."  It's truly what I aspire to do and who I want to be.  I considered another quote from William Blake, "..for Light doth seize my brain with frantic pain."   It's also entirely appropriate but not nearly as lighthearted. 

December 1st.  Not a day without pain since then.  I'm grateful for the moments that I've been free or at least not thinking about it.  Today I had 2 hours in a row not thinking about or feeling pain.  It was amazing.  

Another day I'll be up for the details of this disease/illness called chronic migraine that I will always have and the neurological damage that has been done.  Tonight, though, I think, that I will celebrate the many simple, "typical" things I did today that allowed me to feel normal.  I will celebrate creating this blog.  I will quietly be grateful for 2 pain free, joyful hours spent at the animal shelter today with an animal that touched something deep in me and gave me a gift I hadn't experienced in almost 6 weeks.  120 minutes free of worry and pain.  I will be grateful for a husband who sets aside his own desire to not have ADT going on his life on the off chance having a dog again will bring me some measure of comfort. 

That's more than enough.