For a long time, joy felt like something to postpone. During treatment, life narrowed to essentials — appointments, recovery, rest. Happiness existed, but it was quiet and cautious, tucked into small moments between the hard ones. Now, on the other side of treatment, joy is returning. Not all at once, not loudly — but steadily. And that feels like a victory in itself. The gift of ordinary days One of the biggest surprises after cancer is how extraordinary ordinary life feels. A morning without an alarm for hospital appointments. A walk without counting energy levels. A meal enjoyed without fear. These moments don’t make headlines, but they carry a deep, gentle happiness. Cancer strips life back, and in doing so, it teaches you how much joy lives in the everyday. Strength you didn’t know you had Cancer forces strength on you. You don’t choose it, but you discover it — in getting up on difficult days, in trusting treatments you never wanted, in leaning on others when indepe...
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