I know there the other night I poured out my heart. I was so happy to receive so much support and not just from homeschooling blogger families like me, but from friends that read my blog. It meant a lot that everyone took the time to reach out to me. Yesterday was a good day we got to the table and started school at 8:30. I was hoping that she would get done so that we could meet the homeschooling families at the library. It was a MUCH better day but with a few bumps that slowed her down. At 1pm she wanted lunch and I was trying to get her to keep going, she had just 15-20 minutes left, longer then her normal day. If she would have been herself she would have been done school some time before. She had other plans. I tryed talking about why mommy wants her to finish early. Well when she found put that everyone was meeting she went into over drive and finished her work, decided that cereal was the prefect fast lunch and in the end we were only one hour late, she was able to spend 2 hours with friends. Great news all around and I think this made her understand much more, why mom wants her to do her work in the morning and do it and the care, joy and speed that is normal for her. Today I had my yearly visit at the Hospital in the City, we were blessed that a family offered to take her for the day. She did her school work there as they are a homeschooling family as well.
As I was saying today was my yearly cancer check up. I need to find a NEW term, cancer doesn't cut it any more and I am not a cancer patient. It was so nice to have lunch with one of the nurses that took care of me. Then I was surprised at how many nurses I had run into today that I haven't seen in years. I don't find this much like a check up any more as much as I do visiting old friends, even my two doctors.
When I was 25 I was diagnose with Osteosarcoma, on my left side of my pelvis, this is the very same cancer the Terry Fox had. After 6 very hard chemo's I had what is called a hemipelvectomy(not me in this picture, just the same type of outcome), but in reality I had much more removed then what is stated on the link, I provided. I have my doctors and nurses tell me yet again that they tell patients about me all the time. I was the kid that wasn't suppose to make it, in the end I survived, got married and had a family. It is always like a family reunion when I got there. Then to add to that when I first arrived I heard someone call my name and it was this wonderful, wonderful women Edna that I meet when we both had cancer, her daughter became friends with my mom. Then we all became friends. It made me realize that we have wonder friends and family in our lives and that we must make sure that we tell them what they mean to us. I am thankful to everyone, all the staff and the friends that I made at that hospital. I believe they are a part of shaping who I am today.
Remember my bookshelf blessing a few days ago, September 16th? Well, Our Wonderful God has blessed me yet again, with a NEW white board. This one is so nice, it make the wall look so much cleaner. I have taken some of the things of the wall and used the cork board that is with it. In the yellow file folder that you see is our 6 week schedule, for each subject, that makes it so much easier to mark off now. We were also able to move the 100 board down to see better. To me over all the wall looks so good. You can compair the old and new wall for yourself.
  I would like for you to meet our new friend...who is living in the garage!!  The thought of those little guy you feed him getting free in my house is a little to much for me. We are keeping him short term. Faith is going to write a project on how he lives and what he eats and so forth and then we are going to let him go, so that he can make his home for the winter. If I felt that she would take good care of him, I would consider keeping him, but that is not who she is right now and daddy doesn't need another thing to do.
God Bless and take care.
Mark 5:34 (NKJV)
34 And He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.” |
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Sep. 24, 2008 - Wow.