12-31-06

This is our official Christmas picture, taken by Mr. Ron Card an amazing photographer from my church. If you would like to contact him for photography services let me know and I will give you his e mail address. He is my official photographer, and a good friend. He's active in the singles group and he's a great photographer :).

I got an encouraging e mail this a.m, a friend of mine, Carol has given my name and situation to her pastor, who is running on orphanage in Blantyre, Malawi, Africa. They had a prayer meeting last night and I was lifted up in prayer by faithful saints all the way in Africa!! Thank you Carol, and pastor Nancy!!!! What a blessing to my heart :). That is probally why I slept so well last night and did not wake until 10:30 a.m :).

I am honored to be able to send money to this orphanage, and another one in Sudan. If you ever want contact info. for either one of these orphanages, our American dollor can really do a lot of work over in Africa, and both places use the money I give right to the children that they are working with, no administration or other things. If you send them money and say "use it for the children" that is where it will be used.

Well, it's New Year's Eve, Welcome 2007!! My prayer is that this new year is one of rich blessing in your life, growing closer to God and serving him day by day.

12-30-96

I have been taking advantage of all of my energy and doing lots of schoolwork with the kids, and cleaning lots and lots! If anyone does not know about freecycle, I highly recommend you check it out @ www.freecycle.org It's an organization that strives to keep things out of the landfills by "free-cycling" things that you don't want, or no longer need. I have gotten rid of so many things through this organization and it feels great to get rid of things I don't use. People are so happy and thankful to get things, and I have gotten a lot of neat cool things myself through freecycle, toys, clothing, all kinds of stuff! I cleaned out like 1/2 of my garage in the fall and now I am cleaning all the junk etc.. I have upstaris. It's amazing how nice and clean and open things look CLEAN! Better get back to work before I lose my motivation! Blessings!

12-28-06

I read a really neat quote yesterday online, it said "Sometimes the Lord calms the storm. Sometimes he lets the storm rage and calms his child." It was a story out of a "Chiken Soup for the Breast Cancer Survivor Soul". I want to see if my library has this book. I love that quote, because it is so true. I was chatting with someone the other day and they said something I totally did not agree with, they said something like this "Jesus died on the cross so we would not have to suffer, he suffered for us". I just don't believe this. I see suffering in many people who love Jesus with everything that they have, suffering has it's place in our lives, just like Joy and happy things. Suffering has to happen, or we would never be able to enjoy the Joy. Jesus suffered for our sins, so we could have eternal life in heaven.

My five year old is a mini comic, he just says the funniest things. Yesterday he looked at me with his big brown eyes, as I took a pill and he says to me "MaMa, why do you always have to take a pill" then tonight I was laughing really hard and I said "owe, my port hurts" and he looks at me and says "Why don't you just squeeze it out" like it is a zit or something! He said something else that I wanted to share, but I forgot what it was..it will come back to me in the next year.

I have been running errands etc.. and doing this and that all over the place, I am taking advantage of feeling good, before my next chemo (the 2nd of 15 I figured out today). Anyway, when I am out running errands I just want to keep going, even though I don't have any more errands to run, I just don't want to come home. It's like if I stay outside of my house, out in "the world" then everything is o.k. I feel "normal". It's weird, I have never not wanted to come home. I guess this is the part that helps when people have full time jobs when they are dealing with cancer, they get so busy working that they can forget that they have this nasty disease. I also feel this weird need to DO something to fight it, I keep wanting to call my oncologist and say "Hey, I am feeling better now, can I come in today at 2 and get another chemo please?". It's frustrating in a way, I kinda wish I had surgery before chemo because it is still technically inside my body. The reason I have to do chemo first is because the tumor is so large they are hoping to reduce it and then do surgery. I went wig shopping today. Going to call my insurance tommorow and see if they are going to cover the $60 wig purchase. Heck, if they cover a $4200. blood test and a $3425. shot, WHY NOT, hey, maybe I can get three wigs!!! ha ha!

have a GREAT day today :) Shanda :)

Montana Lake

My shooting head pains are gone!! The Dr. thinks that they might have been from the anti-nausea medication, he said we'll see if you get them back next time. I have been bitten by the cleaning bug!! Watch out that does not happen very often. I am trying to clean and orgainze which is a never ending job with 4 children :). This picture is a lake near Glacier Montana. I forgot the name of it, one day we were driving and I just was so tired, so we stopped and spent the day swimming and having fun at this lake! Montana is a beautiful state! I hope you are having a wonderful day today post Christmas winding down :).

12-26-06

Hello there :). Well.. I'm still doing very well I think, a few things are starting to irratate me. I just called my oncology nurses about a side effect.. I am having shooting head pains that have been pretty constant for the last 2 days and don't seem to be getting any better. And I think my digestive system was on strike for a few hours today, and then everyone went back to work at once and it was a little painful (ha ha ha). I hear potty problems can get very out of hand during chemo, so I am monitoring everything very carefully. I am a little nervous to eat due to the potty issues, so I am eating small amounts at a time of healty food. Still drinking water like a madwoman! And for some reason my port is really bothering me today, it feels like its streaching my skin or something.. it just feels weird to know you have a plastic piece just hanging out in your chest, under your skin.. ugh! The children and I hit a few stores today and got some great clearance and sale deals on some fun stuff. We are in for the rest of the day to relax and watch some movies. God is good! All the time :) Shanda

This is me with tiny little baby Noah River, he came into the world about the same time that I was dealing with my cancer diganosis, we'll always share a special bond now :). Isn't he just beautiful? Isn't God so good! He is the 5th child of one of my very best friends, Laura (go team Wilkenson!!!). I was planning on starting foster care again this fall/ winter and caring for infants but now I have to focus on this sticky little illness that I have in my path. I have met, and heard of more than a handful of women who were diganosed while they were pregnant, I could not even imagine caring for a newborn and dealing with cancer at the same time!! I am thankful that my youngest will be six in a few short months and I can get a little rest while he soaks up some PBS on T.V. Today was a good day for me! 5 days post my first chemo, the only painful issue I have is this painful knife like activiy in my brain. Other than that, I feel pretty much back to normal. My chidren and I are heading out for some early a.m clearance shopping tommorow, so we are off to bed! We all hope you had a wonderful Christmas Day! :) Blessings! :) Shanda

Happy Birthday Jesus

"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, Good will towards men." Luke 2:11-14

My prayer for you today is that the peace that passes all understanging is alive and well in your heart, and in your families heart! Merry Christmas 2006!! Happy Birthday Jesus :)

4 days post 1st Chemo

Here I am!! 4 days post 1st chemo... I look a little "medicated" ha ha ha. I am getting my energy back, much more today. I am able to eat a lot better, my children and I are off to Christmas Eve service tonight! Life is good, God is good.

Christmas Eve

"So then, those who suffer according to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good" 1 Peter 4:19.

Merry Christmas Eve!!! As you can see, God has touched many people and the space around our Christmas tree is filling up quickly! I cannont BELIEVE the generosity of the wonderful people God has shared my situation with!!!! The gifts just keep coming, the gift cards, money etc!! It's an amazing thing to "be on the other side" of things. I always try to do my best to help others, to give to people, and I have never been in such a situation to just keep accepting and being so THANKFUL for the wonderful things that people are showering my children and I with. Hopefully the memories of this Christmas will be clear of God's hand active in our lives, hopefully next Christmas will be a celebration of life and healing! That is my Christmas Eve prayer this year, that God would allow me to have a full recovery from this cancer and to continue to live a long healthy life on this beautiful earth he created! Thanks for reading, and I hope you are having a wonderful Christmas Eve. :) Shanda :)

Very Tired.

I am doing well, but extremely tired. I never imagined that eating 3 bites of food would tire me out so much, I would need a nap afterwards!!! Seriously, eating, just a few bites of food is a battle. Which is actually not that bad because my activity level is so decreased, I am not hungry what so ever. My good friend Cheryl is here, and another good friend, Toni will be here soon to take the kids for the next 2 days, leaving me peace and quite that I will definatly cherish!! Just popping in to say hello, off to rest more, I have to save all my energy to eat lunch in a few! Blessings, :) Shanda :)

I love the sun, I love it's warmpth, the way it makes my skin feel, I feel like God's love sometimes feels like the sun. I can actually say that I believe in my heart that God has reached down from heaven and wrapped his arms around my children and I in this most difficult time in my life. The blessing just keep pouring in, the prayers, support and phone calls are so wonderful! God works through people to remind us how much he loves us! I am doing very well, I am very tired, but not in a lot of pain, and not much nauseua. I have an amazing support team that is stepping up and helping me with the children, my parents stayed until this afternoon, and one of my best friends will be here in a few hours. I know this is just the beginning, but God has just worked and worked, and blessed and blessed. I feel happy, joyful and hopefully for a full recovery, and a long life to continue to love and serve my amazing creator, God the father. Well, I am going to go rest a little. Thank for reading my new post and have a very blessed day!

Day of Surgery

This a.m I got an infusa-port put into my left chest so they can now give me chemo and take blood out of the port instead of poking me with needles. Since they can only poke me in the right arm, my veins over there are getting quite upset. Surgery went well, I was pretty sick before and after because I could not take my anti-nausea medication but I am doing much better now. My parents are here, holding down the fort and I was able to take a nap today. The port site really hurts a lot, but other than that no pain from chemo. I had a horrible headache last night, and calf and lower leg bone pain that was pretty uncomfortable. I did not sleep that well last night, hopefully I will sleep better tonight. God is good, Pastor Larry from my church came to the hospital and visited me and prayed for me. I am soooooooo blessed to have my friends and family to love, help, support and pray for me!! I am one blessed woman! ***hugs*** to everyone, have a GREAT day! oh.. p.s.. this picture is of the Badlands in South Dakota. The children and I went hiking there in July, it was HOT but a great workout!! I think it was a mile, or two mile hike.

First Chemo under my belt

First chemo today... it's only been a few hours... but I am very tired. Probally just from the anticipation of today. My parents are here, and I have surgery tommorow @ 9:40 to put an infusaport into my chest. Short entry... going to go watch a movie with the kids and parents, then off to bed :). I guess the nausea (if it comes at all) will come visit me on friday/saturday. I did have a cool thing to share, I went up to my church an hour before I started chemo and 5 pastors were able to lay hands and pray with me/ for me, and that was really special. I know God hears my prayers, but it's so nice to have such a wonderful and involved church family. The church website address is: www.hisfaith.net if you ever want to hear sermons etc...

Blessings to you! :) Shanda :)

Angry Ocean

This was a few years ago, in Destin FL. My sisters and I and my children were blessed to go on vacation there. My sis' Colleen bought me a boogie board and her and Shawn taught me how to boogie board. It was a good thing and a bad thing, while we were there most of the time the weather stunk and the ocean was really wild! One of the days all the other beaches had 2 red flags up and I forgot what ours had up, but it sure was not 2 red flags. We went in anyway, we were the only ones in the water and we kept saying how "angry" the ocean was acting. It was so POWERFUL! It would practically drag us under when we were in up to our knees. It was so powerful, but it was a lot of fun. We laughted our heads off boogie boarding! I think we all toned up pretty good that week fighting the angry ocean so much. I feel like that now in a way, of course I can't just walk away from this cancer, but I am going to have to fight each and every day to keep being positive, to keep trusting God, and following him. To not be discouraged, but to be still and know that he is God. Jesus had the power to stop the angry ocean over 200o years ago when he was alive on this earth. Illness and sickness were everywhere, and he healed everywhere he went. He still heals to this day, and I have faith that I will live a long cancer free life for him! We are all in this fight together, you are helping me in my fight. Every prayer, every kind word, every smile, hug, letter, e mail, they all are helping me in my fight. I still am so shocked that this is me dealing with this. Sometimes I feel like this is an out of body experience, but when I realize that this is really going on I do have faith and know that there is a greater purpose for me going through this. I believe that nothing happens by accident, there is no "concidiences". God is alive, and well and he is very involved in my day to day life, and he continues to be a blessing! I hope you have a wonderful day, thank you for helping me fight this angry ocean! Hopefully next winter I will be able to go to Flordia again and visit that ocean and laugh and play for a week like we did just a few short years ago. God is good :) All the time :)

More Sisters

These are more of my "sisters". God gave me these two sisters 1 and 1/2 years ago. We are...Shannon, Me, and Cheryl.. aka the "Sha's" Sha 1 (Shannon), Sha 2 (Cheryl) and Sha 3 (me). Isn't that just too cute :). Cheryl is spending the first weekend with me after I start chemo, so I won't be alone, another friend from church Toni is brave enough to take all 4 of my children for the weekend! We were able to go see Shannon last night, and today we went to my friend Sharon's for dinner, and her and her husband got my children all gifts and some shopping cards! They are just cashing in this year. I am meeting new people every week from the internet, and also at support group meetings. I think it's interesting.. I have been told a few times "welcome to the club that no one wants to join" and someone also told me this "The price of admission to this club is high, but you'll never meet better people to help you through this". So I am a member now. A memeber of the world of cancer. A world that no one ever wants to be in, but one day you wake up, and find a lump and a few weeks later you realize that you have taken a crash course on cancer. You know what ER and PR markers are... you talk in a special "lingo" that only those who have had cancer (or medical professionals) understand. You get poked, prodded and touched WAY more than you ever thought imagined.

The good thing, is that I know I am not on this journey alone. I was thinking last night, as yet another person told me "I heard about what's going on, and I am so sorry". I don't want people feeling sorry for me. That is the last emotion I want from people. I want people to look at me, and somehow see Jesus in me. I want them to see that I am not afraid, I know that I am in the middle of God's will, and that is never a scary place to be. God is good, and he loves me. I may not understand, and I may not be the strongest person all the time but he has shown me in many different ways that he is right here with me. My life has changed, forever and I am excited about what God is going to teach me through all of this. The lesson I have learned so far is that he has surrounded me with a wonderful group of friends who love my children and I, and he will never leave me alone.

Cancer evokes many different emotions from different people. It's so amazing, I still don't believe it sometimes, I have to remind myself when I wake up that this is not just a bad dream, it's my reality. God has allowed this to happen to me, and I know he has a purpose for it. Hopefully this is just a bump in the road for me, hopefully I will look back on this time of my life years and years down the road and remember this time and see God so active and alive in my life, and hopefully that will never change.

I have a big day of appointments tommorow and I need to get things all prepared for the next four months of my life, chemotherapy. I better get to sleep! Blessing to you today, I will continue to write in here as much as possible throught this entire process... experience so you can be with me in thought and in prayer :). Good night :) :) Shanda :)

4 more days!

Sisters are great :). I was not born with sisters, God gave me sisters when I was fourteen. See, I started babysitting for these 5 beautiful little children, and a few years later 2 more came along. I babysat them for years and years, they all became a part of my heart and I am so happy and thankful for them! This is Shawn and Colleen, we have stayed the closest and they live nearby. They both have stepped up to help out during my chemo weeks with taking care of the kids :). This picture was taken in June, at my annual "God is good" BBQ. I am sure somebody said something funny to crack me up! I love to laugh, and smile. I have so much to smile about! My life is so full of many wonderful people, and dealing with cancer has really shown me how truly blessed I am. Many people I have not even met from my church, or through friends have stepped up to help me during this difficult time. If you are reading this right now, that means that you care enough to "check up on me" and see how I am doing, and what is going on with my life today. I also have hundreds of people praying for me, each and every day. I am so very thankful for prayers! I know God can hear me, but it's so comforting to know that other people are also praying for me!!!! It's such a nice, warm feeling to know that you are being prayed for on a daily basis. We had a busy day of spending time with friends and family today. I'm going to read a little then off to bed. The pain always gets worse at night, and it's worse in the morning. Still looking forward to chemo! 4 more days!

MRI Experience

MRI.. ever done one of those before.. The number one reason for reading the paperwork they give you before a test. Well, I was scheduled this test just yesterday so I had no preparation for it. I had NO IDEA that they were going to put me in a tunnel where all kind of random banging noises hung out around my head and body. AHHHHHHH... well, I freaked out at first and they had to pull me out of said "tunnel". I realized I just drove 50 miles to get this test that probally cost's like 4 grand, so I better pull up my bootstraps and just DEAL... well, I did, with a lot of help from the washcloth that they put over my face so I could keep my eyes closed the entire time and just "trick" my brain into thinking that I was NOT shoved 8 feet into a tunnel that I could feel on either side, and on my stomach!

My body is also starting to get mad... my veins did not cooperated with the dye that they had to inject 1/2 way through my wonderful MRI experience. My veins said "NO.. NO MORE DYES.... I AM NOT LETTING YOU IN.. ANYMORE!!" They fought hard too, but the tech. finally defeted a vein in my hand.. ouch! I go for a port consult next tues. so I will have a port in my chest where they can put the chemo and get all the blood from me that their hearts desire.

I also went to my third support group meeting last night and I think I have a new friend "Jackie". She will be 50 soon and I just adore her, she's from Scotland and she is just full of spunk and life! She's also amazingly beautiful! I also met someone else who sat just to my left, but she is a much more gentle soul so I forgot her name. Jackie is just like me.. loud and bubblie :)!! I was a wreck at the beginning of the meeting.. I mean, I was just told I might have stage 4 cancer so I was crying and it was just such a nice place to gain my composure. I am so thankful of the Gilda Rander organization for all that they do.

I am hoping that the Lord is bringing me through this just so I can step into the world of cancer and serve him (for 66 more years on this lovely planet that he created so beautifully). That is my goal... 66 more years. I have decided that I would like to be 99 when I die, and I would like to die in my sleep :).

Christmas is just around the corner, we have a full weekend of fun family and friend activities!!!

Life is GREAT and God is GOOD! Blessings to you today!

PRAYER REQUEST.. interesting entry I did today... I need to snuggle in that hand for the next few days... I just got a call from U of M, they found 2 spot's that are "worrisome" and I go for an MRI tommorow for further investigation... Lord.. may this be nothing!!

Thanks for your prayers.. they are so wonderful!!!!!!

Shanda

6 more days!

One Brave Kitty!!!! This picture kinda reminds me of what's going on in my life right now. This little cute kitty is just sitting there, on the dashboard loving life :). He trusted in my driving ability, and had no concern for danger. That's how I feel, in God's hand, I am safe. Even though I start chemo in 6 days.. and my tumor has DOUBLED in the last 2 months (I had an ultra sound today) facing cancer alone would be unbearable! I am thankful to have my faith, my God, my family and friends and of course my wonderful church family!! I can just sit in this situation and " be still and know that he is God ".

An update for you today, I am actually looking FORWARD to chemo.. my tumor is growing so fast, it is actually very painful and it hurts A LOT!!! The chemo is going to shrink it.. and I know it's going stink... but I can't wait for it to stop growing and shrink!!!! 6 more days. I was blessed to get a cleaning appointment for my teeth tommorow, I have 2 cavities that are being filled next tuesday, and I am almost ready for Christmas!!! God is good :).

I am really going to miss going to FL this winter!!!! Here is a picture I took on the beach not too far from our campsite last year in Jacksonville.

Well, I went to my second support group tonight, it was a specific Breast Care Support group. I am going to another one tommorow called "I'm too young to have Breast Cancer". A few of the women who attended tonight are going tommorow. I checked out books from the library, this is all at "Gilda's House" An amazing organization.! Check them out: http://www.gildasclubdetroit.org/

Gilda's house was a dream of Gilda Radner. She died of ovarian cancer in 1989, I think, I was just in high school then! I guess her brother is there a lot, I have not met him yet but I am sure I will run into him. It's a beautiful house and a non-profit organization so if your looking for an organization to support this is a worthy cause! Man, I have been working for that orphanage in Sudan, trying to raise money for them, I collected donations all summer long, and I was able to give them a few hundred dollars from my profits, I am going to have so many more non-profit organizations to raise $$$ for in the future. I plan on getting involved in lots of breast cancer awarness groups, and anything and everthing to spread the word.. and to raise $$$ to find a cure of this madness!!!!!

Off to bed early.... I have to be at the new hospital (only 11 miles from home compared to 50 miles from hom) at 7:45 am for test, I start chemo in a week!!! 6 more days. I start on Wed., now instead of Thurs.

Blessings to you! :) Shanda :)

It's All Gone!!!!

It's All Gone!!!

I officially took my first step today.. well, actually I took a few steps today :). I got my hair cut and I went to the look good, feel better program today put on at a local hospital by the American Cancer Society! What a great program! They gave us a bunch of really nice make-up, did a makeup presentation, and a wig presentation, and they even had a long haired wig they gave me for free!!! It was great to meet some fellow "sisters" in the fight against breast cancer, some very sweet women AND, due to today's meeting, I may do my chemotherapy at St. Joe's, a hospital much much closer than U of M. I have a meeting tommorow with their chemotherapy department. It's in the next city over, and Ann Arbor is over an hour away. So I have that decision to make in the next day or two. I think it will be easier to get rides, and babysitters if I do chemo at a closer hospital. I met about 5 women who loved the chemo department at St. Joe's so I am kinda greatful for that. I go to my second support group meeting tommorow at night, and it's a specific breast cancer group, the last one I went to was a general cancer group. I am learning more each and every day! Life is wonderful :)! Thanks Janelle for the haircut!! Your a blessing :) :).

10 more days. The countdown has begun. I start chemo in just ten short days, four days before Christmas :(. I have no idea what to expect, how tired I will be, how I will feel etc. Chemotherapy... not a kind of therapy I have ever been interested in wanting to have. I am getting ready, finishing up last touches on Christmas gifts, cards etc. Squeezing in as much "school time" with the kids as possible before I start. My tumor has been hurting me latley, it's so big, it's actaully heavy. I wonder if I will actually feel it shrink during the chemotherapy process. I have 2 support group meetings this week, and I am going to a program tommorow called "look good, feel good" put on by the American Cancer Society. I am going to learn how to look pretty... bald :). The countdown continues.......

A Visit From Alaska!!

A Visit From Alaska!!!

My cousin Kristine and all four of her children (ages 2-10) came for a month long visit from mid Oct. to mid Nov. One of the main reasons we did the visit was due to the fact that cancer brings out the fact that life is short!!! Our children had not seen each other in three years, and they had a few weeks to build memories that hopefully they will have for a lifetime! She was able to also spend some time up north with her brother, and friends (she grew up in Northern MI). It was difficult at times to have a houseful of people during the phase where I was not sure if I had cancer or not. It was a stressful and trying time, I was not sleeping well and it was hard. I was officially diganosed 2 days before the Dohse Crew officially went North for the winter! Kristine bought me a dozen roses and a card and a bag of hershey pink breast cancer kisses the day I was suppossed to find out if I had cancer or not. I think it took three more weeks for the official diganosis to come through (I switched hospitals due to 1st hospital unable to diganois me). It was great to have them down, hopefully it won't be three more years before we see one another again, and hopefully I will be cancer free!!!!

I came up with a new saying today.... you can take away all my hair, but you can't take away my smile!!! I looooooove this picture :). I love to laugh and smile, and this picture just captures that so much. It was taken on Nov. 11th at our "early Thanksgiving" at my home. This is one of my "soul" sisters Cheryl. I have many "sisters", Cheryl and I only met 1.5 years ago, at our church, but we have a connection that is amazing. She happens to be the same age as my mom, but we have a lot in common. She is wonderful! I miss her. She has a boyfriend now! ugh.. so I don't see much of her anymore. She is spending the first weekend with me after I start chemo so I won't be home alone, another friend from church is taking my children for the weekend so I can rest.
My little sister Shawn's friend Janelle was supposed to come over today and cut my hair. The advisors on my cancer advisory board are telling me to cut my hair in stages. So today was suppossed to be stage number one. I am doing the two stage approach. She's coming back tuesday and this time she promises to bring her scissors (oops.. she forgot them!). I am getting it all chopped off tuesday, and then I will be shaving it on Jan. 3, 2007 the day before I do chemo, the one that is suppossed to make all of my hair fall out. That's my two step approach. I am going to miss my hair.... no lies there! I love having long hair, I look better with long hair, my hair is easier to manage long, the list goes on.. but the doctors tell me that the hair is going to go, and experienced chemo girls tell me, cut it now! Don't wait until it starts falling out in clumps in your hands, show cancer who the boss is!!!! So, I must let go of the long hair that I tried so hard to grow out. I think it's one of the many steps in this journey that is going to be difficult, but the Lord is good, and he has surrounded me with a wonderful church family, great friends and my family :) :) :). My blessings never end!

Welcome

Hello :). I am creating this blogspot to share news and info. with my friends and family. It's Sunday December 10, 2006. I am feeling great. I had surgery a week ago on my lymph nodes and there is no cancer detected in my lymph nodes!!!! I start chemo in 11 days. My doctor told me yesterday that these next 11 days will be the best that I feel in the next six months, so I am going to take advantage of these 11 days! We're off to church soon, so I'll write more later :).

WELCOME TO MY BLOG :) :) :)