My Top Ten Miss List
I have radically changed my lifestyle since being diagnosed with cancer and, even though much of what I miss is self-imposed for well-researched reasons, I don’t miss them any the less. These are my top ten:
Red wine, cheese, salami and crispy bacon (not that I consumed these things very often)
Hot date nights with my husband when champagne flows
Expensive non-organic conditioner with chemicals that make my hair really shiny
Eating at restaurants without having to vet a dozen menus before choosing the venue
Grabbing any fruit I like from the bowl on the kitchen table
Wasting whole days watching back-to-back episodes of Downton Abbey, Scandal or Grey’s Anatomy
Drinking Gin and Tonic sundowners in the garden with John while Gabriella climbs trees and intermittently bugs us to try some
Owning my own home (we planned to rent temporarily but people with terminal cancer don’t get mortgages so we’re staying put)
Facilitating intense three-day transformational workshops that lit up people’s lives and left me rejuvenated afterwards
Not being afraid of doing something, anything, that might be bad for my health.