Oh happy day! , remember that song?

The big highlight for us this weekend, finally took place Sunday night when our youngest daughter, Laura came home for Christmas break. Isn't she beautiful? I can hardly realize that all my great kids are over 21 now. This is her Senior Sorority picture and we are so proud of her. I put a lot of pressure on her to come home unintentionally and realize it was mostly because of this cancer thing. I'm reading, praying and sharing with wise friends about my unknown future and I do realize how every day is a gamble as well as a blessing. What I didn't realize is how much I would like to just take my whole life and box it right up in front of me so that I could touch it all at the same time. Remember it all, talk to everyone, laugh about it all just have everyone that matters right inside my grasp whenever I wanted. Pretty impossible I guess. But a wish just the same. I have become pretty greedy lately for the good feelings of being loved and cared for and pretty darn lucky that they come every day. Today we were reminded of another wonderful friend and someone very loved that is no longer here. Even that memory embraced us and brought tremendous good. Thank you Matt. Monday I start my last three days of radiation and then I'm off till Jan. 8th when round 3 of Chemo starts. Do I hurt, yes, am I frustrated, yes, am I loved, yes, am I blessed, yes again, am I eating an orange popsicle, yes, ahh, it feels really good to be on the winning side. God bless you all, you are loved too.