This weekend we had an early celebration for Mom's Birthday. It was wonderfully laughter and love filled, just the way that all Birthdays should be. Dr. Sophie, Dr. Lindsey, Dr. Madison, Dr. Xander and Dr. Jason all prescribed their fair dose of laughter and ear plug necessary good times for all! The kids kept things very exciting and entertaining for all of us. Mom, I hope that it was not peace and relaxation that you were seeking this weekend, because Lord knows you didn't get it. The weekend was full of family and friends. Saturday the kids wore "Uncle" Jason out jumping on the trampoline. We had a fabulous get together for Mom's Birthday dinner on Saturday night. Fifteen people gathered around a table just big enough but just intimate enough for a wonderful night. Mom, Sherry, Grandma A, Annie, Lindsey, Little Jason, Deby, Ernie, Madison, Cameron, Amanda, Chandra, Xander, Sophie and I enjoyed a great dinner followed by some incredible Cold Stone Ice Cream cakes. It really was a lot of fun.
Sunday, Mom, Sherry and I went to an incredibly lively and uplifting church service. Then Mom, Annie and Chandra went shopping. Ernie was laying a new tile floor in the kids bathroom while the kids ran, played and wreaked exuberant havoc on the house. "Uncle" Jason was again summoned to the trampoline for a cousin filled afternoon of jumping, running, laughing and screaming. Deby was very gracious and assisted with this duty. And then somehow, we found it in our stomachs to have yet another great meal prepared by Mom in Mom's Kitchen. Those are always the best. Oh yeah, of course then we had to polished off the Cold Stone. We had such a nice weekend.
Mom, we hope the quiet was a welcome surprise today. This is going to be a busy week for Char. Today she had her surgical consultation to the implantation of the port through which her chemo will be delivered. She and Deby will be at Virginia Beach General at 6:00 AM Tuesday for this out-patient procedure. Then, no rest...or food unfortunately for the wicked, and its off to chug some radioactive dye in prep for another round of CT scans. From there hopefully Mom will enjoy an amazing dinner to celebrate her daily conquest and fasting. Wednesday should bring some peace, quiet and rest time in prep for for Round One of Chemo on Thursday.
Mom, you are going to do awesome! I know it is going to be a busy week, but this is what you have been preparing for. It is time to jump in feet first and fight this fight that you have been training for. Everyone is on your side and screaming in your corner. You are in the thoughts and prayers of more people than you can even imagine. God is looking after you always. You are going to do incredibly!
All of Our Love,
Your Gang
P.S. There will be more picture postings to come from the weekend. Genius that I am, left our camera's memory card on Annie's computer desk in Virginia Beach and drove back to Arlington. It is en route and I promise to post more as soon as USPS can deliver it to me.
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