Day 60 Come sit awhile I see the fear behind your eyes The baggage you are carrying Come step inside and sit awhile And set aside your pain. For here is laughter, tears and love, A time to live and breathe. Lay down your burden, Come sit a while And
Day 52 Some days, I just want to forget.. escape. I don't want to write about my struggle, or talk to people about why I don't have hair. Sometimes, I just want to pretend that life is normal and that I am ok. It's denial, I guess. Just part of
Day 49 It was the night of Merus' Christmas program. I got home in plenty of time. I had time to get on the treadmill and walk and sweat. I had the girls' dresses steamed and mine hung up and ready. I had time for a shower and make-up and
Day 47 Tuesday. I was supposed to go over to St Louis today for Vit C, and as it turns out, the nurse who gives me my infusions got the flu, so I had a free day. I took Merus to school, then came home and snuggled with the girls
Day 35 Thank God for Christmas. In the midst of all this anguish and cancer and worry and terror, there is the fact that today is December 1st... and thus, Advent begins. (Advent in the church, I am well aware, started last Sunday... but for the children who LIVE through
Day 31 I have been EXPERIENCING LIFE on overdrive... It has been the Thanksgiving holiday. My family has been here. I shopped and prepped and cooked and cooked... and then I ate, and cleaned and slept and ate again. We al did. It was a blast. In the house, it
Day 27 I have an unwritten rule... I have NEVER allowed Christmas decorations in the house before Thanksgiving. I have always LOVED Thanksgiving... I love the family aspect, the focus on togetherness and good food and tradition. ALWAYS, the day AFTER Thanksgiving, we could focus on Christmas, but before that,