“I used to say, ‘Gratitude is my religion,’” Beth White said Thanksgiving morning as the hobbyist pilot prepared for a flight from the Franklin County State Airport in Highgate. “And this definitely confirmed that for me.”
A woman from Vermont’s Franklin County is pledging to live every day as if it is Thanksgiving, expressing deep gratitude to be alive and channeling that energy into uplifting youth through a new nonprofit.
White is a breast cancer survivor who faced eight rounds of chemotherapy and more than two dozen radiation treatments. In December 2021, NECN & NBC10 Boston were outside the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, when friends and family organizedTheir goal that day was to boost White ahead of her double mastectomy — one of several surgeries she’d need.
“I’m super grateful for that light,” White recalled Thursday, thinking back on the many shows of support she had from loved ones throughout her breast cancer journey.Sign up for NECN newsletters.“This Thanksgiving, I am done [with treatments], and I’m celebrating,” White beamed. “I’m so grateful for these amazing healthcare workers, my hair is growing back, [and] I’m having delicious meals with friends and family.
More than just leaving her thankful for her good health, the experience sparked in this survivor new energy to launch a nonprofit called Habitat for Aviation.
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