Happy Thanksgiving
Written November 26th @ 6:35pm
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! I have not forgotten to update Crystal’s Story, just been busy. I think we should look at it as no news is good news…
Crystal & I wearing our Team Purple Color for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Day!
I am so Thankful that Crystal will get to enjoy Thanksgiving. She will get pleasure from this wonderful day along with this delicious meal with family and friends. Her dad is a phenomenal cook. He not only makes a perfect meal but he doesn’t even make a mess. He has spoiled all of us girls tremendously. I am so grateful and happy that he enjoys cooking; you know I have always thought he should open a restaurant. I think as my daughters get older, they will be looking for a great cook in their lives as well. We are so lucky.
Crystal is feeling great with no chemo. The days that she seems to be full of worry, she will change what she is doing and try something else productive or she talks about what is bothering her and gets it out of her system. That is another thing I’m thankful for, that she can see the worry begin to take over her thoughts and she tries to change it.
Crystal & Gage in their photo shoot in Coronado, CA. It is not engagement pictures but you sure can tell they are happy.
Crystal had gone on her trip to San Diego earlier this month. It was wonderful for her to get away. It was their first visit to San Diego for Crystal and her boyfriend, Gage. They loved the Trolley Ride and they also did a photo shoot on the beach in Coronado, which they dearly enjoyed. They made some wonderful new memories in 2013 which is nice since this year has been a difficult one for all us. I am thankful my daughter could have that.
What a wonderful memory for both of them.
So a lot of you have asked about Gage. I can tell you as her mother that I didn’t want to Thank Gage for dating my daughter. Crystal is a beautiful confident young woman, who will fight Pancreatic Cancer for the rest of her life. I didn’t feel that I should be thanking someone for liking my child with such a journey but what I felt I could say is Thank You for being you. I am thankful that he is kind, considerate and has goals for himself. He has manners, which I think is difficult to find these days. He is driven, very respectful and treats Crystal beautifully and that is all that matters to Rod and I. We have found some more good for Crystal in 2013. I am thankful. Oh by the way, he cooks!
December is almost here! Look in your mailbox for the Mercy Touch Magazine. Crystal’s article should be in there and I am just as anxious as all of you to see it. We would love to hear your feedback.
Cassidy & Crystal go Purple!
As for Cassidy, she is doing better not 100%, but better. They put her on anti-acid for a couple of months before they would do surgery. I really feel that it has helped but we still have some rough days. At this time she is very busy with basketball so it keeps her mind busy. Besides basketball practices and games we have team bonding, which she truly loves. I am thankful.
GMA, helping spread awareness to a terrible disease!
On November 22nd it was Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Day. I knew the month of November was to help promote this type of cancer but I learned from twitter that this special day was coming up…SO….I had the team keep tweeting to GMA…and I am sure many many others did as well. It worked! They wore the color purple on the 22nd, such a small thing that made a lot of people in my circle happy.
PHS Girls Basketball, so very kind!
Another cute thing, Cassidy then thought hey I have a basketball game that night. I think we will wear purple ribbons. Yep, they did the coaches and the team. It made Crystal feel special; it made Cassidy happy that she could make Crystal feel that way. I am thankful.
Now some of you have asked about Courtney. She is your typical college student. She loves her life right now. She has paid for her college herself so there is no loan, so far. She works, she goes to school, and she dances on the Professional Dance Team. Her life is very busy with the hours she works, the hours of homework, plus of course meeting new people and enjoying the Iowa Games. I am so proud of who she is growing up to be. A confident strong woman, who has a mind of her own, another thing I am thankful for.
December 4th is fast approaching, that is the big day for Crystal and all of us. I am sure our hearts will be racing. So many worries, so many thoughts yet so many things we are Thankful for. It is amazing how your mind can wonder and make you almost sick worrying about it. It takes so much strength to move past those thoughts…I am Thankful that God has given me the tools to do so.
I hope that all of you enjoy your Thanksgiving Day. I appreciate your thoughts, your concerns, your emails, your letters, your gifts, and your stories. You have helped my family and myself though all of this and I am so very thankful and blessed. I honestly don’t know where we would be today if it weren’t for all of you. You gave me strength and I am happy that I am smart enough to see that I couldn’t do it alone. Thank You.
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