Having learnt that my sister had breat cancer at the start of the holidays, emotions have run high, after a succcessful mastectomy and reconstruction her wounds failed to heal and she was re-admitted having contracted the dreaded MRSA... six weeks on the wounds are still not healed and she has been re-admitted yet again this time a staph. infection.. but all this is postponing the all important start of chemo....the anger, tears, incomprehension, frustration are beyong words... How Kaz herself is coping with it day to day is mind boggling and I personally can only account for God's grace in giving her the inner strength to stay sane. It's not my personal problem and yet it has affected me profoundly...I too easily lose myself in fearful thoughts...
Life goes on... or so the saying goes...
Tom lost his Godmother and we buried her earlier this week... an amazing woman, at the funeral we were asked to picture in our minds a happy memory/ visualisation of what Anne meant to us... she was such a special woman, 'chumbly', always smiling, cuddly and always offering a vast array of home baked treats for high tea. (and in the last couple of years after her stroke M&S goodies!!!)and never too many treats for the children.
But the picture that came to my mind was exactly this one
Happy with a baby to cuddle. You will be greatly missed Anne, and we will remember fondly the many happy memories we have of times shared with you.Add to those two bombshells the many daily happenings, like first day of school (and not being able to get the photo off my phone), children finding it hard to settle into new school years, eldest sitting his 11+ (yes we still have selective education here in Lincolnshire and yes Matthew would like to go to the Grammar school)so secondary school visits and open evenings.
Isaac celebrating an all important 6th birthday:
Vision has still been going on (despite the lack of info on it's blog!)and Tom and I keep learning new songs, monthly family walks, and joining in activities in the new Children's centre not mentioniong starting a course to become a Homestart volunteer...
Well I may have been away but trying to catch up was quite daunting :) I can't promise to be back with as much regularity as I once did, but I will endeavour to come by and for those whose blogs I visit... I have been reading , promise, just not posting.
See y'all soon.
