There's a gal I know (we met at Burning Man) who is sharing her journey with breast cancer on [a social media site].

The other day she mentioned in a comment to a friend that she has lost all her hair including her Eyelashes.  And my brain took a minute to realize that my eyelashes are just something I take for Granted as having.  I like my eyelashes well enough, and they hurt when they get stuck where they're not meant to be (eyeballs!) and I can't imagine them not being there, even though I don't really think about them all that much.  (I haven't used mascara since I got sick and stopped work... so for years.)

There are so many things I know I take for granted about my body and health and life and I don't want to overwhelm myself with thinking about them all but I do realize how lucky I am to be so incredibly healthy, yes, even with mental health struggles I am really really lucky and healthy.

So for now, I'm blinking a few extra times and thinking about how glad I am I have eyelashes, you know?