So Why Has It Been So Long?!!?

The past month has flown by on me. Let me see if I can summarize all that's been happening....

March held several trips to Albany for Wayne to see specialists at Albany Medical Center. At the end of the month he underwent kidney cancer surgery. Mom J. and Dan drove a van up from GA and flew back to GA two days after Wayne's surgery. Wayne came home the same day they left. He's steadily recovering and the surgeon believes that the cancer was isolated to the one area and was successfully removed. Wayne goes back for his post-op check next week.

As I try to remember what else has taken place, all I can think of is 'normal' stuff, but I know there was some additional craziness mixed in. Work, dental appointments, vet runs (the dog has a bad back so now he and Wayne can feel each other's pain!), trying to schedule the alpaca shearing (the 28th of this month!), college breaks, 5 additional college students spending the night in order to attend a men's conference the next day, a head cold that has made its way through the family, a crashed computer, a workers' comp hearing--another delay until July 1st for the judge to rule, and on it goes.

So...because our computer has crashed we're limited to the e-mails we can send (our address book was lost in the crash) and we're learning what we can and can't do with the current computer (an older model that doesn't have ports for some of the accessories). That's why there's no pictures with this posting...hopefully, we'll get that fixed soon.

Even in the craziness of the past month we have so-o-o much to be thankful for. I can't imagine how we would have gotten through the past few weeks without the prayers and care of our family and friends. Each day when I can spend time with my husband over a cup of coffee I thank God for the technology and skilled technicians that found the cancer before it spread and for all the people involved with the surgery. When we discover a stick of butter on the window sill of the boy's room and ask why and receive the response, "I was making butterflies", we thank God for allowing us to see things through the eyes of a child. When our 5 year old comes to me and asks me to "fix it" as he points to the pocket of his jeans where I discover a broken egg, I laugh and thank God for a little boy who is eager to help with the farm chores. When I'm tired and dealing with a fibromyalgia flare-up and my husband tells me that I'm to take the day off and sleep as much as I can, I thank God for a caring husband...and for the sleep I catch up on. Yes, the past month has been very intense, but on looking back, I'm reminded of the old hymn "Count Your Blessings" and the load is lightened as "I name them one by one." and I'll encourage our readers to "Count your many blessings and see what God has done!"