Tabitha

Great Views


               The sun has been shining over the past several weeks and
I just wanted to post something a little brighter
than my previous post.
The weather is beautiful and the last few weekends
 have brought our family a chance to work in
our yard and garden.

Even Tabitha helped water the tomatoes.

We planted 300  tomato plants as well as onions, peppers, watermelons,
catalops, beets, peas, radishes,
 beans,raspberries and I’m sure there are more I have forgotten. 
My son-in-law and two sons plan on selling most of the
 produce at the local Farmer’s Market.
Kirby and Zoey enjoyed the outdoors too,
Here are a “few good men outstanding in their field.”
Trent always works better while listening to a few good tunes
 on his headphones.
See the blue beehive in the background? 
That’s the new home of 30,000 bees
 thanks to my son-in-law and
another one of his new hobbies.
Eggs anyone?
What a great life I have!
The views from
 the top
 of my mountain
 are amazing!

I am learning to live joyfully in the moment!

I CHOOSE TWO

One thousand and ninty five days ago today, we found out that I had cancer.  The doctor said it was Multiple Myeloma. ” Multiple what?”      “It’s a bone cancer,” he replied and the rest is history…….

Well it has been three years since that dark day.  I can’t remember the name of the doctor, where his office was, or what he looked like.  I never went back to him because he was not an oncologist.  I can’t remember what I wore, or ate, but some of the smallest details still stick in my brain.

 “Could you please write down the name of the cancer for me?”  I asked.  He tried to explain more to Joe. I remember none of the conversation. 

The memories of the day have stopped and started a million times over in my head through the last three years.

I think it is time now to decide exactly what to do with this day.
I need to decide if I should even remember it, honor it, or rip it off my calendar and tear it into a million tiny pieces never to be recognized again.

Fot the past three years, I have remembered this as a day I want to forget.
What do I do now?

 I guess I can choose two ways of looking at this day.
     ONE
 As a time to look back and focus on the disbelief, shock, and terror from the day
Shock and Terror!
Jace holding an Iguana in Puerto Rico.  Now that’s scarry!

 or

Two 
I can use this day to  help me rejoice and celebrate the Mountains I’ve climbed,
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Here’s Tabitha enjoying Autumn and Halloween
The things I have learned.  
The people who helped me get here.

My son Jace who is serving an LDS mission in Puerto Rico
 and the Gifts of Life that God has given me each of those one thousand and ninty five days.
Tabi and I enjoying a local Halloween celebration on Main Street.
We passed out 80lbs. of candy from our martial arts studio!
Today I Choose Two!

Still Climbing

My hopes for a steady recovery after finishing treatment in August were postponed for a while.  September started off great. Tabitha turned one.  We had a birthday party at the park.  Tabi was the entertainment as we watched her enj…

Irresistible!

“Little Miss Tabitha.”  My sweet  grandaughter is almost eleven months old.  She brings so much joy into my life.
     Tabi is walking around furniture and starting to say a few words.  Last week I  moved o…