This morning we went to our niece's daughters baptism out in Stansbury Park. When we got out there, I texted Gidget, the other dear friend I worked with at Temple Square last Christmas. She lives out there and I hoped I could go visit her. Turns out she was coming toward Bountiful to see me!
My sweet friend was on her way to bring me the softest fleece blanket for chemo and this beautiful arrangement from my friends in Floral Services. She left it on my kitchen table (because I told her how to get in my house!) and it totally made my day!
This afternoon I got to visit with one of my favorite mission companions too! She lives in Tridell, near Vernal, and I don't get to see her very often! I have many fond memories of our time together in Germany. She "made me" eat Milka chocolate everyday. We laughed and cried together. She's definitely one of those people who shaped me and made me a better person. I love you dearly Wanda!
And if all of that wasn't enough, Dimes and Bella (Camp Kesem BYU counselors) came and picked up my kids and took them to dinner, and then took Maddie to the National Parks concert! My kids have gone to Camp Kesem since 2010, the year I was going through treatment the first time. Kesem has had such a huge impact on our kids. They have a fun, happy place they can go every summer where they can connect with other kids who understand what they're going through. They've made life long friends, and so have we-with parents of the kids that go to camp.
I've been thinking about a conversation I had with one of those parents the day we picked up kids this year. I told Ed how grateful I was that our kids get to go to Kesem year after year, "because you never know when your life can turn upside down and you're dealing with it again." Little did I know that just 7 weeks later I'd be sitting in my own chemo recliner. #cancersucks
This afternoon I got to visit with one of my favorite mission companions too! She lives in Tridell, near Vernal, and I don't get to see her very often! I have many fond memories of our time together in Germany. She "made me" eat Milka chocolate everyday. We laughed and cried together. She's definitely one of those people who shaped me and made me a better person. I love you dearly Wanda!
And if all of that wasn't enough, Dimes and Bella (Camp Kesem BYU counselors) came and picked up my kids and took them to dinner, and then took Maddie to the National Parks concert! My kids have gone to Camp Kesem since 2010, the year I was going through treatment the first time. Kesem has had such a huge impact on our kids. They have a fun, happy place they can go every summer where they can connect with other kids who understand what they're going through. They've made life long friends, and so have we-with parents of the kids that go to camp.
I've been thinking about a conversation I had with one of those parents the day we picked up kids this year. I told Ed how grateful I was that our kids get to go to Kesem year after year, "because you never know when your life can turn upside down and you're dealing with it again." Little did I know that just 7 weeks later I'd be sitting in my own chemo recliner. #cancersucks
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