Long days.......

I know we are officially in the winter months, but I am so ready to be into spring!  When you start the day with radiation, it seems to all go downhill from there.  PLUS, the sunshine has been rare this year.

The doc said we won't know how the radiation is going for a few weeks, yet...and of course my 5 weeks of radiation became 7 weeks.  Please pray they don't add more!!  I really would like to be done.  On top of everything else, I forgot to get my blood work done, today.  I had to block one of my cards, seems my number may have been stolen.  Going to the bank, tomorrow.  Michael's computer died, today, and after talking with my son, he reformatted the whole thing, and we added the computer to our prayer list!  Now we all know spring will bring about better times!

Please Pray for my grandson, Blake, seems he may have some kind of virus.  He is such a sweet child, and in TN, every time you miss a day of school, you need a doc's note...poor Christina has been to their office more than once in the past few weeks.

Pax Christi!

A place to post pictures....

I know I have had a computer now for .....10 or 11 years, I believe...but as time marches on, they get more stuff on them, and I have to remember more! You would never believe the number of passwords I have forgotten, or websites I have misplaced.  I AM getting better, though!

If you will pop over to Flickr, you will see some of my designs.  I plan on putting more up there, as soon as I can find them.....its hard when you have to rely on hubby to transfer things from his computer.................

Had another round of radiation, today....I really wish it were over.  Now, its nowhere as bad as chemo, but it has its own drawbacks.  I do pray this is it for awhile.

Time Marches on.....

Somewhere along the line, early on, I was told my life expectancy was around 3 yrs.  Now, I didn't know that & I have beaten those odds, so far. (4 extra years!) God has allowed me this time to grow closer to him, as well as working on whatever He wants me to do.  I try to do as He wants, and I truly keep Him in mind when I do things.  Now, I'm so not perfect, but I do try to do as He wants.  I've had brain scans(I do have a brain-but they never said it worked) I will be starting radiation for the first time this Thursday.  Tomorrow and Wed I will be going up there for prep, and whatever else I need to do.  I did have surgery under my (L) arm about 2 yrs ago, and since then it seems to be growing faster.  I did a trial at Sarah Cannon Cancer Center from this last April til Oct.  The trial did help, but by Dec, I could feel the return of the masses in the same areas.  We think its just growing faster, and maybe with the radiation we could slow it down.  Need prayers of course!


Michael did take me to see Tajci, a wonderful Christian singer from Croatia. I had seen her once before, last year at a woman's convention, and was very happy Michael got to hear her.

Another more than wonderful thing has also happened.  On Feb 13th 2010 Michael and I made our first promises to be accepted into the Dominican family!  When I was young, my deepest desire was to be a nurse, and a nun.  Well, I did become a nurse in 1982, which was a very happy spot in my life.  I cannot become a nun, but I am so happy God has allowed me to be part of the Dominican family!  There are times in our lives, I think, we all see as our happiest times, and this rates even above becoming a nurse.  Christina and the boys were there, as well as April and Wyatt.  They all got to witness a very happy time for us.

April is starting to really get excited about Easter, and Easter Vigil.  I do believe she will see becoming Catholic as a high point in her life, and I am so excited for her!

And time to sign off.  Here is a cute little bib for a little boy I embroidered a while back.    PAX CHRISTI!