Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Life is grand. I finished radiation a week and a half ago and just met with the oncologist today. He gave me a clean bill of health. My PET scan was cancer free (YEAH!). I am so thankful to all the people that helped with my cancer battle. I guess it is time to blog about my family.

I just hit my 9 year mark of marriage (that is amazing considering I thought I was going to be a career woman). I have 2 kids, Jacinda 3.5 and McCabe 1.5. They are the joy of my life. I want to have another one but at the moment (and if this persists) I have little strength and energy to do daily tasks. I constantly need to take naps and my zest and enthusiasm is fading. It is weird at times I feel like I am dying because I get so light headed or dizzy and I sit still and the world keeps going. I hate that feeling. Jacinda will start pre-school this year. She is learning her alphabet and becoming indoctrinated early with gospel teachings. I love it when she tells me about the word of wisdom (i.e. don't drink tea, coffee, beer, etc...) She is also able to recognize the first presidency and say their names if you point to them. However, the best thing right now is that out of no where she will say, "mom, I love you." It melts my heart and makes parenting worth every back ache and head ache.

McCabe is my beefy little man. He is 33 pounds of pure boy. He loves to sit in puddles, throw rocks, and wrestle especially with his daddy. He is a little cranky right now because his top canine teeth are coming in. However, on the bright side, he is learning to kiss. He will blow kisses and pucker. It is the best feeling to have "loves" from my mister McCabe.

Now the man who made all this fun possible is Tim. He is a hard working good humored man. He works for Sprint doing a phenomenal job setting best practice trends and other important and praise worthy stuff. He has been a true friend helping me through the cancer ordeal. If I sit and think about it too long I start to cry because he loves me so much and it is so refreshing to find a good person like that. He is a man of strong character who does not run at the first sight of hard times. And even though at this time I feel like "damaged goods," (because of the scars, lack of hair, and the ugliness from cancer) he treats me like a rare gem.......He really is a good man. I am so blessed to have him.