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Thursday, May 5, 2005
If cancer were a person...
I would mess them up!!
Before anything I want to let all of you know that your love, prayers and support means so much to me. If you were here with me right now I would give each and every one of you a huge Panda bear hug. I am sure many of you have heard the saying: "God only gives you as much as you can handle." Well, at this rate I feel like God has very high expectations of my ability to handle things! :P
All day yesterday and today I spent the day with my mom. She was really down yesterday morning when I called her and I told her I was kidnapping her and taking her out and about. We went shopping, ate lunch at a cafe' and then ended the day with dinner with my dad and John. John fired up the BBQ grill and the guys had dinner all ready for us...including homemade potato salad! My mom seemed much more up beat at the end of the day. She knows sitting at home and being depressed isn't going to change anything. So we ran around town and had a great "girl's day out". My mom picked up a couple of new outfits and some cute knick-knacks.
As most of you know, I absolutely love shopping. When I feel down, I shop. Shopping = Happiness. So since yesterday was lots of fun I thought we should continue the fun with some more shopping! Today we went out of town (since we pretty much hit all the cool spots in my little home town yesterday!) to Kennewick, Washington and hit the shopping areas there. My mom told me that she was happy to go out the past two days since it kept her from thinking about things like how this might be her last Mother's Day and things like that.
Again, if cancer were a person...rawr!!
I think one of the reasons she is thinking this way is because she did just loose her older brother to cancer a few months back. He only made it about 2 months after being diagnosed. That was tough on the family and now my mom has cancer. Bah. I really hate stupid diseases like cancer and RA, they really mess up people's lives.
My mom is a very strong person. She is such an optimistic, happy person and takes everything in stride. I wish I were as mellow and easy going as her. Compared to my mother I am an angry, grumpy hot head who has a super short temper. Considering the diagnoses she is really taking things well...probably better than the rest of my family! She really is a much stronger person than I am.
Yeah, like I said, I am an angry bear compared to my mom.
Did I mention that you guys totally rock? Well you do. Your friendship through this tough time means so much to me. You guys have always been here for me through all my ups and downs concerning my health. Knowing that your friendship and support extends out to my mom is beyond what I can put into words. I love you all very much. Thank you. ::huggles::
Well, it has been a really long and crazy last couple of days. I've done with my pity party and I am now going to put all of my energy into supporting my mom through all of this. Thank you again for all your support. All your comments mean so much to me. All this positive energy gives me the strength to give my mom all the support she needs. You know they say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, I am a fighter and I know my mom is too. We're not going to let this stupid disease ruin our time together.
Love you all!
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