City Councillors took time at the recent council meeting to send well wishes to Debbie Hanlon, who is celebrating her birthday in the hospital today while battling cancer.
Hanlon has been away from council since February when she was diagnosed with cancer.
Earlier this week Hanlon posted that she had been re-hospitalized and had fought off several bad infections and fevers.
She says she is on the mend from that, but will remain in hospital for a while yet.
Councillor Ophelia Ravencroft wished Hanlon well during the regular council meeting yesterday.
She says every year during the pride parade, she brings tarot cards to hand out to participants. This year, she discovered one card, a star, fell out of the deck, and was wondering of the meaning behind it. “And then I remembered who’s birthday was on Wednesday…overcoming incredible adversity, showing unbelievable strength with greater times on the horizon. If that’s not Councillor Hanlon, I don’t know what is.”