Living Against the Wind

The wind has been blowing very strong lately. Sunday afternoon we were leaving Sam's and the wind was blowing strong and steady against me as I walked. I stretched my arms and enjoyed the warm sun and the wind blowing on my face. I am sure people thought I was nuts, but I didn't care. For once I could enjoy living against the wind! It was a feeling of freedom, warmth, invigorating. Yesterday I was walking the trails behind the office building and the wind was blowing again. I am always thinking of song lyrics during thoughtful times alone and I thought of the Bob Seger song "Against the Wind." I began to think about all the "things" Chris and I have been through the past 20 years and how we have used those trials to cling to each other and work through them together. We have been living against alot of wind. Sometimes the wind is hard, sometimes the wind dies down and we live quietly which doesn't seem to happen too often! We are in a bit of a whirlwind right now with financial issues, kid issues, health issues, but we will get out soon and keep rolling. We always do. We are young and strong and we are living against the wind.

North Winds Blew us into Spring!

WOW! I can't believe it is already April. We had a great trip spring Break to Mustang Island State Park, camping in tents, cooking on the propane stove (albiet a 16000 btu jobber!) reading while the girls went to the beach, fishing, and just overall relaxing and enjoying the week! Jelly the Jack Russell went with us, and proved to us he was a great camping dog. Amy's friend Chelsea Smith and my great neice Alicia enjoyed the camp food, games at night and adventurous day trips! We had a tour of the Corpus Christi Fish Hatchery and were able to fish in the tanks - catch and release, no catch and eat here. Amy caught a 30-35 lb red drum and whined about how hard it was to pull it in. Christy caught something so large it popped the 40lb test lead! Everyone caught several fish (except Chris and I!) and had a great time.

April 3rd I had another body scan that was very disappointing. There are still cancer cells in the lymph nodes around the thyroid area. In 2 weeks I'll have a sonogram to see what the next step will be. I had so hoped this would all be gone and this cancer chapter could be closed. Oh well, we keep rolling and praying. Bout all we can do now!