December 22, 2006

Christmas Supplement

God’s gift of another year of life is best present of all for cancer patient

By Jean Allen

Special to The Criterion

I have many Christmas memories and they are all precious to me. But the most recent memory is from December 2005. Last year, I was diagnosed with cancer.

I started chemotherapy and radiation therapy in October and finished the treatments in December. Then, in January, I was scheduled to have surgery.

But December 2005 was a good and happy Christmas. Just being able to spend it with my family was a miracle for me because I did not know if I would be here or not next Christmas.

God has been good to me, and that goes to show that you should not take your health or your life for granted.

Thanks to God for letting me share another Christmas with my family this year!

(Jean Allen is a member of St. Joseph Parish in Corydon.) †

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