Ringing of the Bell...

Good morning, Friends!

Well...It finally happened!  Ruth Ann got to "ring the bell"!  Pronouncing to the world that as of right now, she is cancer free and has taken her last chemo!  Her oncologist turned her loose for four months then, she will come back in for another CT Scan, and if that's still clear, another appointment in six months and on and on until it's been five years...then she'll be formally pronounced cancer free.  But in the meantime, she is setting up her appointment for surgery to re-attach her colon and kick the colostomy bag out the door!!  She's so excited and grateful!

Thank you all for your continued prayers!!  I totally believe in "prayer in unity"...simply meaning a large group of people praying together, and heartfully believing in the prayer.  

It works miracles...

I am so blessed to have you all in my life...

The Bell Ringing...click on the "enlarge" button in the bottom right hand side of the player to watch if you can't see well.

Ruth Ann comforting another patient...trying to let her know we're all in this together.

Myself...Ruth Ann's son, Brian (he has cerebral Palsy) and Ruth Ann.  We are over the Moon, happy!

More happy tears...

Brian and Laura... She has to undergo surgery again on her back...but also for her Melanoma.  You can see one of the surgeries on her arm.  She's pretty well in constant pain.   Four or more surgeries, to go...please pray for her! 

We are nothing without God in our lives...

Nephew Brian and myself...he's such a sweet boy...I love him.

Laura and Ruth Ann

Amen...

Larry placed a can of salmon on my cutting board....lolol...His way of placing an order for salmon patties.

And salad...

With a dessert of Double Chocolate brownies.

Sloane is now standing alone and taking quite a few steps across the room!!  Won't be long before she's off and running!

Snack time! lol

Sugar time!  Love that smile!

What a week.  Back in January, Larry and I decided to give each other a 50th wedding anniversary gift of new wedding rings.  Our old gold bands were pretty well worn out.  So we decided we'd start out the next fifty years with new white gold ones.  A new beginning, so to speak.  Well, we never got around to getting the rings bought...Ruth Ann came first.  So... on Friday, (everything was on a Black Friday sale at Zales...) we bought new ones.  We each got the ring we wanted. Had to have them sized but should be ready this coming week.  Can't wait...It's been a long time since we've been excited about something...maybe our Samantha (granddaughter) announcing she was pregnant with Sloane...?  I don't know...I think you all know what I'm talking about.  I guess life has a way of keeping "high hopes" for us older people, tamped down...We know sad things are coming so we don't really expect too much from life.  But when happy things come along, we are thrilled, all the more.

We celebrated with yogurt...lolol...yep...

 We just took time for each other, looked at one another and I said, "What a ride"... he looked me dead in the eye and said, "yep..." (meaning our whole 50 years together) Lolol... and it has been...Would we do it all over?  Yep...

Larry had mostly chocolate, and I experimented with Key Lime pie and chocolate...Seriously yummy combination!!

Lolol...fooled me too...

;o)

Every time I look at this child, I thank God in Heaven for my family and our lives!  We may not be rich, but we are comfortable.  We may not drive the latest cars (2011 and a 2013) but they take us to our destination.  

I've always heard, It's not the destination, but it's the journey, that's important.  Love each other...laugh...be kind...comfort others.  

Find your Joy...

Until next time...