Sounds odd to write that. As if this month should be cheery. On the other hand, why SHOULDN'T it be cheery? Laughter is the best medicine, as they say...

A couple years ago my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. The good news is, she's cured. Apparently she had the easiest form of cancer to cure. Well, that's not ENTIRELY true...she had to go through six months of chemotherapy, along with other treatments. But she's much better now. I'm endlessly grateful to the doctors who took care of her.