Small Celebrations Thread-- A GA thread to celebrate the small (big) things in life!

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Steamgifts is a community that enjoys reminding each other of such important things such as LOVE, Positive Thoughts, Giving Back, and the fact that You're Not Alone. These threads are special and have a great part on our board. We have come to value such attractive qualities that bring us together as a strong community.

This thread is a new thread we all can use to celebrate the small things in life that are actually rather BIG (important). Let me explain...

A few weeks ago my Mother had to be rushed to the hospital to have surgery on her throat since she wasn't able to breathe. They cut a hole in her throat so she could breathe (tracheotomy). A scan of her throat area showed a grapefruit size tumor of a rare thyroid cancer called anaplastic. She also cannot swallow so can no longer eat-- requiring a feeding tube that is directly attached to her stomach. She can no longer talk as her voicebox is full of cancer. She has only a few months or even weeks now to live. When we go through such things it can become rather overwhelming and it makes every moment precious and the realization that what may seem a small thing in life is actually rather big-- and these things should be celebrated.

Thus, starts this thread... the "Small Celebrations Thread."
My first small celebration is that my 5 year old son recorded on a cell phone a message to his Grandma saying he loved her and wanted to give her a big hug! My Mom was shown the video in the hospital and it made her smile so big-- she was beaming with joy.

Note: Of course I feel utterly awful about the condition of my Mother as we are really close; but, this is an attempt at holding onto the small celebrations we can choose to find joy in despite great sufferings.

Examples of small celebrations:

-My son made the A-honor roll.
-I hugged my wife today and told her I love her.
-My baby took his first step!
-I passed my driver's test!

We all daily have small celebrations that we can celebrate if we stop and take time to notice them. These "small" things are actually rather big on retrospection.

April 24th, 2017:
Today my Mother peacefully died in her sleep. She fought to stay with us so as to express her great love for her children, family, and friends. However, the tumor was aggressive and took over her throat and closed her esophagus. Our family and friends pulled together and were there with her constantly the last few days. Saturday she had so many visitors-- over 20. I stayed with her constantly day and night since Saturday... I knew the moments were precious and held her hand, gave hugs, kissed her cheek and forehead as much as possible and reassured her of our great love for her. She was the most loving, caring, unselfish, generous and kind person I know... She did reflexology which is massaging others feet to promote natural health. So she was always daily working on her family and friends feet, massaging them. She was a Bible teacher volunteer, took care of sick, elderly, and gave of herself in so many ways and touched so many in her life.

I thought of this game as she has 3 cats named Little Bit, Snickers, and Lizzie. They will greatly miss her as she showered them with love and affection. They will be lost without their Mama... like the cat in this story of "The purring Quest", I share that in common with my Mom's cats... I too will feel lost without my Mama.

I appreciate so much support from everyone in this thread. We all share in common the sufferings of disease, sickness, pain and death of our dear loved ones and thus can find comfort and strength from each other to endure this... We must cherish the moments daily with those we love because those "small" things end up being the BIGGEST thing of all.

SG id name	Small Celebration	GA	Level
Nask0	For the love and dedication between son and mother! ❤️	Evoland 2	Level 2, SGT
Corran	For all those that should never be forgotten:	Monster Loves You	1
LosTSouLVL	For the love and dedication between son and mother! ❤️	BlazBlue: Chronophantasma Extend	Level 3, SGTools
Dragomania	Happy Easter !	Zombie Vikings	3 , sgtools
Dragomania	Happy Easter !	The Flame in the Flood	3 , sgtools
LosTSouLVL	Have a Happy Easter\Happy Passover! :3	GoNNER	Level 3, SGTools

FORMAT:

myidname | my small celebration explanation here | [Name of the GA](link to the GA here) | Level#here

**Note: Info on hospice care from SG user genkicoll here

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myidname | my small celebration explanation here | [Name of the GA](link to the GA here) | Level#here

Edit: Adding some thoughts on the meaning of this thread... alternate name aka the "Smell the Roses" thread.

You may remember hearing the saying... "Take time to stop and smell the roses along the way."

The branch of the rose is filled with thorns which are sharp, prickly and painful. Life is filled with thorns which cause us suffering. But there is always some beauty and joy that can be found if we choose to focus on that and bring it to the forefront. Everyday we can take notice of things that can warm our hearts and give us joy... these are what make the thorns easier to bear. A friend or family member is not perfect and can hurt us with their thorns but remember to appreciate the petals of love they have for you and focus on that.

Note: Even if you're not interested in LostSoulVL's GA please visit it for a beautiful, touching and inspiring story!

7 years ago*