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Self portrait by candle light

While celebrating 8 years of marriage and 2 years of being cancer free on a trip to east Texas, I stopped to observe myself in the mirror. I wasn't noticing any physical appearance, but who I had become dealing with cancer and hopefully, being a cancer survivor. I liked what I saw, enhanced by the "candlelight" and wanted this reminder of where I had been and where I am going -- a reminder of thankfulness, gratitude, and humbleness.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2018
Date Uploaded: 11.2018
Photo Location: Angelina River near Sam Rayburn Dam at a bed and breakfast in East Texas., Texas, United States of America
Camera: iPhone 8 Plus
Copyright: © L M Thomas