Well....it was my 50th birthday last week...the day i had my 2nd cycle of chemo...id had a lovely nite out the nite before with the girls from work n my day at hospital was nice to..gettin a cake off the chemo ward n generally being made a fuss of...all in all i had a really good birthday...the chemo took its toll after a day or 2 n i was wiped out.
My son n his wife asked if i wanted to go for a quiet drink..just to the local pub...for an hour or so...just to get out the house...so i sed yeah...it will do me good to get out for a bit...i asked my youngest son if he wanted to come but hed made prior arrangements with his mates..as 27 year olds do...so i booked the taxi n off we went...
Got to the pub..n the side door we usually go in was locked for some reason so we had to use the other door to the lounge room...i went in n saw loads of flashing lights n heard shouts n party poppers going off...scared the life out of me...then...i saw my youngest son n his mates...my sisters n their partners...workmates..old friends...then it dawned on me...i was so shocked i dropped my bag n burst into tears...it was all for me....they had planned it for this week coz they knew id be over the worst of the chemo by now..
Ive arranged surprise parties myself n ive been to a few n i always thought...surely they must have guessed something....but i swear i didnt have a clue...n its a lovely feeling to think that people have put in all that effort n planning just for you...ive had a fantastic night n shed a few tears ..once id stopped shaking...lol...im soooo lucky to have family n friends who wud do that for me...i feel i can cope with anything right now...coz im surrounded by the love n support of the people i love the most....thank you all n god bless u...
Sorry for going on about it...but i felt i wanted to share it with u all...despite everything ive had the best 50th birthday ever...im very very blessed.....
Love Sharon xxx
