Encouragement.

 Truthfully, I.do.not.know. just where we

would be without our fantabulous family

and friends . . . 

 . . . our cheerleaders . . . 

 . . . our support team . . .

 Seriously, our home is filled, filled, filled

with cards and notes of encouragement

from so many of our most treasured

people.

 God certainly surrounded us with 

a.m.a.z.i.n.g people and we are

so grateful!!!!

We all knock each other down to

go to the mailbox.  I think that our

mailman may be a wee bit jealous!!!

Love, love, love you all so very

much!!  You will NEVER know

how much your kindness towards

our family has meant!!!

This scripture melts my heart and

certainly holds true in this case:

"For I was hungry and you gave me

something to eat, I was thirsty and 

you gave me something to drink, I was

a stranger and you invited me in, I 

needed clothes and you clothed me, I

was sick and you looked after me, I was

in prison and you came to visit me. . . .

The King will reply, I tell you the 

truth, whatever you did for one

of the least of these brothers of mine,

you did for me."

Time Out.

 Thanks to my BFF Susan, I actually stood

up . . . got dressed like a big girl . . .

 stood up from typing my dissertation 

proposal and went do a little shopping . . .

 talked girl talk . . . shed a few tears . . . 

shared TONS of laughs . . . 

and had a fun little dinner at my new

fave spot Cafe Rio.

I have NEVER been through anything

like this before in my entire life.  I have

remotely known others at church who 

have gone through similar trials, but I

can tell you one.thing:  Family and

friends cannot be underestimated for

their support.  Sometimes it just takes

someone to pull you by the hair and

drag you out of the house even for

a few moments . . . it does the soul

wonders.

Mike finally woke up a little bit

late this afternoon and evening.  We

celebrated the fact that he was up

and reminded ourselves that it is

back to TK1258 in the morning.

Holy.cow.  It was great to sit with

him and watch the Olympics and to

share a meal.  On the positive side,

I will have five days to type, type,

type while he sleeps away as one

of the dramatic side effects of 

this treatment.  My dissertation 

proposal is progressing nicely and I

plan to resubmit it by the beginning

of next week.  I am really pleased

with the progress.

Onward.comrades.