Yesterday was a milestone at the Deputy household.  It was the day of five years cancer free for Mickey.  That has special meaning in that this is the day that she is considered cured, not just in remission, but cured, done, finished with cancer.  She had a very surprising evening.  She is also in ballet class and she had her first recital last night.  Unbeknownst to her, but beknownst to us, Jenny had sent out a message on Facebook to let her friends know what was happening.  That resulted in a huge cheering section for our little ballerina.  We had friends from TNT, friends from Butler Dance Marathon, friends from Indiana University Dance Marathon (even though it was finals week for both schools) Grandma & Grandpa Deputy, Aunt Joy and Uncle Brian and of course the best brother in the world: Brad “Black Belt” Deputy.  It was so cute, she came out with her class and was warming up and saw one of her friends and just stopped stretching and her jaw almost hit the floor and the morphed into the cutest smile you have ever seen.  After the recital, and after she was showered in 4 bouquets of gorgeous pink roses we went out with Joy and Brian and the Butler Dance Marathon cheering section to Boogie Burger for a cure date celebration of cheeseburgers, bacon cheese fries and ice cream.  So Mickey accomplished her goal of “Kicking Cancer’s Butt”, and she did it with the grace and beauty that we have all come to expect from her: touching lives and making a difference in the world.

-Daddy