Today the path is covered and beutiful!

It was a beautiful day outside. A time of year when the outdoor scenes of snow and peacefulness just give me the biggest rush. For some reason, I suppose being born in 55 inches of snow, I just love standing, and looking at the white blanket of snow covering everything, making it all look so incredibly beautiful and safe. For us it was even nicer to notice a late night angel had quietly shoveled our driveway and front walk and left no signature of course. Who do we thank? Somewhere on our street another angel sits watching over us. I wish I could explain the feeling a person gets when that happens. A gift, oh yes, a tiny gift, no way. A gift that someone gives just to help. And we both are so grateful, yet must just accept it because the angel is unknown. What a wonderful feeling, to be loved.
I must admit too, that it was another roller coaster day. Physically it was a pretty good day, but having some extra time to research made for a mixed emotion day. We started to look seriously into the "Caner Centers of America". Wondering about them, I decided to call. After an hour of very interesting and compassionate conversation I learned about these special private hospitals that take a "complete patient" personal approach to cancer care. Using the newest of technologies and including all forms of care such as mental and spiritual care. Unfortunately, it's an insurance thing that would keep me away from that particular resource. But we did decide that our personal approach to all this was very similar to theirs. We agreed that Cindy and I are always looking for the peace and knowledge of how best to take care of me, how best to battle the gremlins, physically for sure but very aware of what we can do for the rest of me too. Nothing anyone uses is a secret. There is no reason why we cant follow any particular regime or theory of treatment ourselves. It was disappointing also today to read that another fellow EC patient, who always seemed to be reporting, good solid forward moving days, with minimal suffering and effects from Chemo and radiation, quickly took a negative turn and in a couple of weeks had passed. That scared me, I'll admit.
So we move on, feeling pretty good, wondering, researching, reading, cooking, eating, which by the way I still do a pretty good job of, and appreciating what is around us. A day doesn't go by that we are reminded about that part, what's around us. That's the best part. It doesn't take a second for us to realize we are surrounded by people who love and care for us. From our shoveling angel to my loving men's group visiting each Wednesday night with encouragement and prayer, we are surrounded by compassion and love. An energy that can't be matched. As I sit here enjoying a "Root Beer Popsicle", oh man is that good, I really look forward to tomorrow, learning more, moving ahead and following my path. Thanks to all, for blessing us, you are loved.