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A Reason to Keep Going     Some days are harder than others in Cancerland.  And some days are so good that they remind me to be thankful for all that I have.  For instance, attending the National Balloon Festival in Indianola, Iowa with my granddaughters. Emma was so excited. “One! Two! Three! Four!” Her thin arm stretched toward to the sky where the hot air balloons were flying over a Morton building that serves as a museum about the National Hot Air Balloon Festival (held each year in Indianola, Iowa), a souvenir stand, and a bunch of food trucks. “Five! Six! Seven!” she said, giggling with each count. At first, I thought we’d see maybe ten balloons.  Then I saw a chalkboard that stated that there were twelve balloons. Okay. Good.  “Eight!  Nine! Ten! Eleven!” But they kept coming, and my granddaughter who is four, stood from the blanket we’d spread in the field and then recounted from the beginning, lengthening her count with the sighting of another bright balloon.  While waiting fo