March 25- 31, 2019 This week started out with a day together with a dear friend I haven't seen in awhile, she came bringing flowers and lunch and spending a few hours here. I went to Bible School with her brother so I kinda knew her, but not well, although she hung out with mutual friends back in the day we didn't really connect until, 13 years ago when we were in Hershey with Devin and she was there seeing a friend, she made time and came to our room and chatted awhile, ever since then we've stayed in touch and have grew to be dear friends that whenever time passes and we finally get together again we can always pick up where we left off, we've shared some rough life stuff together and it's these friendships that become dearer and tighter when you know they will be there in the hard times.
Thursday was treatment day, my scheduled chauffer was sick so my Emily drove me there and stayed with me, it was fun to have my daughter with me. I am now down to exams every other visit so this time was a little bit shorter as we just had to do the blood draw and port access then chemo treatment, Emily still thought it to be a long day, she said now I know why you figure a whole day for each visit, everywhere you go you wait. afterwards I took her to Pad Thai for lunch. Was so nice to come home to a gorgeous bouquet of tulips from dear church friend Lucy that has already walked this same ugly breast cancer journey and is such an inspiration, and also a delicious sub and soup dinner from our Pastor, Barry and Roseanna, they too have seen us through some hard life stuff over the years.
Friday I finished up the baked stuff for the school sale then the girls and I delivered it and did some wedding detail shopping. later in the afternoon our sweet neighbor lady Pam stopped by to surprise Ava with a mermaid cake that her daughter Jacinda and her did with leftover fondant from a cake they did for the birthday boy the weekend before, Ava was so impressed with the cake they did for Keith and said, I want a mermaid cake like that sometime so they surprised her with it, she was absolutely delighted!!
Saturday I was feeling great, so took Miss Bella for the day, give her and Ava a chance to play together and mom and dad a chance for some catch up time on sleep and uninterrupted Miss Sophia time. the two of them had a great day together!! Miss Bella is the sweetest little lady, when I picked her up and was headed to our place, I hear this tiny voice from the back seat saying, Nettie get all hurt, get all healed, Jesus make Nettie all better!! I know she's been praying for me and I know from the mouths of babes has to be one of the most endearing prayers for God to hear!!
I was even able to get a few precious Sophia snuggles in when I dropped her off that evening!! Sunday was a special treat to have life time friends Dorvin and Rose here for the day! our times together are not very often so we grab those moments when we can. another couple that has seen their share of ugly in life, I can still remember where I was standing when Dorvin called me 13 years ago to say their little Amy had died and the feeling of not being able to go be with them even for her services as we were in the hospital processing the fact that soon we too would be saying goodbye to one of our kids and then 2 short weeks later they made the trip in from Ohio for Devin's services, it's always amazing to me how God gives us the friends we need for times like these.
Sunday evening we went for family night with the locals to Glens home, was such a blessing to again be feeling really well and to go and enjoy family!!
April 2, 2019 today was another dentist visit for Ava to finish taking care of a few tiny cavities and sealing them. she did really well with all again, am thankful for a pediatric dentist that cares and does such a great job with kids. He came into the room and was talking to his nurse about how as a man he always feels so bad when he knows there is employees of his that are going through tough stuff and he can't do anything about it for them, and he wishes he could fix it, then he turned and apologized to me for being frustrated by that when he sees I to know what difficult life stuff is. I told him it's ok, and his reply was, I see that you are a woman of faith, at least I think I'm correct in that assumption, I said yes, you are, he said, I am too, and I just want to tell you, you look amazing and so healthy for what you have been thru, when was your last treatment, I said, well, actually I'm in the middle of treatment, he turned and looked at me and said, really, that's amazing, if you weren't missing your hair no one would ever know, you look that healthy. we went on to share our faith and experiences a bit more with each other and he sent me off with his blessings and prayers. I was blessed to hear his story of having a brain bleed and surviving and how it took two years of God pursuing him after that until he gave his heart to God and how ever since that he has come rely on God and his faith, it was very encouraging and heartwarming. todays snail mail consisted of love again from Lucy, my breast cancer inspiration from church and love from dear friend Cheryl, another hard life inspiration to me, cheering me on and biting me with the scrapbook urge with breast cancer stickers :)
well I must close this post and get to bed!! blessings to each, and thankyou everyone for your prayers and love and encouragement!!
