Soul Sistahs!

Last night, I had two of my close friends visit Daniel and I. I was the first one out of what you would call my "main group" of friends to get married and start a family. Daniel and i met in college. He lived in cape girardeau Missouri during the school year, and i lived in Advance (my home town), with my mother. See most of you don't know this, but, I'm really a Texas girl- born and raises for 15 Years. League city Texas is my real hometown. Back to my story.... When I moved to advance, my freshman year in high school, i never really fit in with my graduating class. They had already established friendships of their own.the first real friend that i had would soon introduce me to her sister- Stephanie, whom I would consider my best friend, she is amazing! Her family, is seriously, my 2nd family. We celebrate many holidays together. Her brother and sisters and their family, well, they might as well be my siblings. I see stephanie and her boys more than I see any other people from my hometown. I also have, another group of friends, and these gals, know who they are. Although, we may not get together often, we still have that connection! We all pretty much have families of our own these days, and we are situated throughout all of southeast Missouri. One thing about these girls- they know how to bring it! I had a nice visit with 2 of them last night and today. It was so nice! We reminisced about the good ole' days, our families, and other girlie stuff. Stephanie came for a visit today. I appreciate all of the smiles that were brought to my face- I need them. There is nothing like love from your your best gal friends.

When Daniel and i got married, i had never lived away from "home". Daniel had moved us to, what I thought at the time was a "barely there" town in the southern most part of the state called Risco, Missouri. I was so lost. Daniel worked all of the time, at the very beginning, I commuted 90 minutes to work, and 90 minutes home from work. I thought about going back home so many times, because, I didn't know any one and had not one friend. You know what? Love is what kept me there. There was so much love in our house, and there still is. Now back to that little town of Risco, I wouldn't trade living there for anything, even before any of this stuff happened. The outpouring of love for my family from this town is absolutely
unbelievable.

To the part that most of you are wondering about: Daniel. Today, he is coming around! His appetite, it's coming around. No vomiting, fever, anything like that. I have been soaking up
every single ray of his energy. 3 more days of chemo. No more weight loss. Today, he walked 15 laps. 13 equal a mile. Much better than the 0-4 we have been doing. Today, I consider a success.

I want you to know that we received about 75 emails today! Keep those coming! We love mail. We area doing a lot of waiting, a lot of of sitting, a lot of thinking, and a whole lot of praying. I ask for strength and wisdom. I also give a lot of thanks, because we have a whole lot of things to be thankful for- right? I am also trying to remember that when things seem really far out of reach, You have to reach really far for them. Good night, my friends. XOXO