The Big One

We had a great time camping this past weekend. We went to a 1000 Trails site first for a free 2 night stay. The whole point was to get Aaron and I to buy a membership, which did not happen. While we were there we played several games of mini-golf and Aaron and Riley went fishing. They decided to go early in the morning while Dakota and I were asleep. They came back to the camper around 8:30 to come get me to show me their big catch! Of course I could not wait to see what "Riley" had caught! He was so proud. Aaron and I decided that it would be best to let the fish go back to his family in the water, Riley did not agree. He was so mad that he did not get to eat his catch that he did not talk to us all the way back to camp. Who would have thought?

On Friday we moved camp to the other side of the lake to the group camp site. There we met 5 other families and had a blast. There was a lot of fishing, eating, and sitting around being lazy. It was a very relaxing camping trip. We are already talking about planning a trip for the spring. I cannot wait!!

ONE DOWN

I am sure that everyone knows that mom had her first treatment yesterday. God blessed us with a day much better than I expected. To give you the short version of the story... Mom, Dad, and I got to the office around 9:45 am. Mom got her blood work done and saw the doctor by 11:00 am. Then Dad left around noon (there was no reason for both of us to sit with Mom). She was hooked up by 12:30, and we were back in the car by 3:45 pm. Not bad for a first dose of chemo.

Amazingly Mom has not been very sick. Praise God!! I talked to her today around 3:00 and she was feeling good. She said she did not sleep well through the night, so has napped a lot today. Overall she is much better than anyone would have expected. I hope it will be this good next week. Thank you for all of your prayers. I know it is because of prayer that she is doing so good!

For the full version of yesterday, go to Mom's blog page. If you don't have "Joyce's Journey" it is under "My Blog List".

As for Aaron and I, we leave tomorrow for Lake Whitney!! A much needed family vacation. Hopefully I will be able to put the pictures on my blog when we get back.

Cancer, Cancer Everywhere

So it seems that everyone I talk to knows someone who is dealing with cancer. I don't know if I hear about it more lately because it is in my own life or if there really are more cases of it today. The other day I went to the bank and was talking to a friend of mine from when I worked there. As I was talking to her about mom and all that is going on she started telling me about her sister that was just diagnosed with cancer. I could not believe my ears as she tells me that her sister has lymphoma. A side note here, my Maw-maw had lymphoma so this touches me deeply. I then find out that she is pretty much on the same schedule as my mom. She got her port in yesterday and starts her chemo today. Her name is Jessica. She is married and has two very small children. My request to those of you reading this is as you lift up my mom in prayer please also lift up Jessica and her family. Thank you to my many prayer warriors.

Starla

Here Goes Nothing

Okay, I have decided it is my turn to give blogging a try. I mean my mom even has a blog. I make no promises to how well or often I post. It is a known fact that I am not the writer in my family. For those of you who are avid bloggers, I will take any advise given. For those of you who are English teachers, please do not pay attention to all of my mistakes.

Hope you enjoy!
Starla