This is a strange story for me to write. It will at times be a sad story, in many ways it will be happy and perhaps even funny. It will be an adventure that entails anxiety, flirting with danger, fortitude in the face of adversity and many attempts to look on the bright side. There will also no doubt be moments of anguish and despair, and a lot of uncertainty. It's a story that will hopefully be cathartic for me, but also interesting and perhaps informative or even entertaining for others.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

A nice bit of closure

On Thursday night I went to the awards night for the Leukemia Foundation's World's Greatest Shave. Our fabulous little school raised $16,216.35 and were the 11th highest fundraisers in Victoria/Tasmania!

The awards night coincided well with the end of my treatment and I feel like it was a fabulous way to close that chapter of my life and start moving forward.

It was a great event and was of course very emotional. I'd like to thank Daniel and Dave for coming with me, it was great to have you both there.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Seeing the trophy at assembly was incredible. We wanted to jump out of our seats to cheer and clap for you. To cry and celebrate your inspiring achievement. Your journey really has been everything as described in your blog's opening statement all those months ago. Congrats Riaane. What a super STAR!! xx LR

Anonymous said...

Congratulations Riaane! You have certainly been an inspiration in so many different ways....your courage, determination, humour.. Now it is wonderful to see your smiles beginning a new chapter. Love Meredith xx