WOW!

3,639

This is the number of views I had on my first post!  In the words of my daughter Blakelee ............

I could not be more grateful for the support!   when I woke up on Friday morning to so many comments and prayers, and people continuing to share my post I was blown away.  It was empowering and because of all of those I have a whole new strength.  People I haven't heard from or thought about in years reached out and shared my post or offered up prayer, SPEECHLESS is really all I can type about that and the emotions I experienced.    

In a day where life is fast and people rarely slow down to have face to face conversations.  When social media is the main stage for knowing what is going on in each others lives, it is liberating to be reminded that regardless of your relationship now the people who you once spent your time with really still hold a place for you in there heart.  

THANK YOU,  THANK YOU,  THANK YOU,  THANK YOU

The last week has been good,  I have felt good, I have gone to work, and I have finished emptying (some) moving boxes.  

YEP, prior to diagnosis my boyfriend, Rob,of three years and I had already started the process of purchasing a home together.  At diagnosis we were basically a week away from closing and really I needed something amazing to happen. This house was my amazing!  It is big enough for our 4 kids, his 2 boys and my 2 girls,  it was clean and needed no repairs.  A safe place for me to get healthy!

 So on top of chemo, kids, work, and feeling tired 24/7 we are working on making our new house a home.  This is my safety place.  A place where I don't have to wear a hat to hide my head, a place where I can touch things and not be anxious about germs, a place to not be alone anymore.(roughly 3 years of living in different towns and seeing each other ounce or twice a week was becoming draining.) Our prior places would not have allowed for him to be with me every night.  So I guess in some ways our purchase came at just the right time, and I believe that something, maybe god, had a little hand in making sure we had this place secured prior to diagnosis.

 I was grateful for our realtor prior to diagnosis but now I have a whole  new gratitude. She has provided me with a place that means much more to me then any other home, she has provided me a safe place to heal, and figure out who I am again.
(Name drop..........Morgan Allmand-Abarca with Burkley Realty, Central  Oregon)

Lets end this post with a little laugh.........
The other night I was trying on different wigs my friends and family have given me and Blakelee and Rob joined in. We had such a great moment together.  Who would have thought, wigs provide family bonding.

I love this man and his support. Not sure The long hair is his thing.

I thought this wasn't so bad,  Blakelee, Boston, and Rob did not agree.

Blakelee's Teacher, who we adore, gave us this one.  It's perfect, don't you think!

AGAIN, THANK YOU for following me. 

 For the Prayers, love, and Support I feel it all and it makes a difference in my life!