Life

Gosh! It's been awhile since I have stopped to write in my blog. I have an ongoing list that I keep with all that I want to write about but I just haven't taken the time to do it. Honestly, it could be that it's basketball season and I don't ever want to a miss a game! lol It's been a rough few months. Many issues with life in general. Lots of things that need to be worked out and yet today I realized something...I'm so much better off than most people out there. Shea & I continue to do our children book donations to the area hospitals and we were also able to distribute new slippers to the patients as well. Our church acquired a large number of brand new slippers that they had no use for so I grabbed them up knowing that I could make good use of them for my patients. Today as Shea & I drove to City Of Hope in Duarte, laughing & listening to our music...we stepped out of the car and it hit me! Shea was wearing her pink Laker hat (most people wearing hats there are going through chemotherapy) and went to the back of the car to help me get the 2 huge bags full of slippers out when I realized that I was there only as a giver. Most of the people that were also there are either patients themselves or with a family member who has cancer. How blessed I am, even with the "shit" that happens in our lives that I am on the end that I am. I have a healthy & happy daughter who was able to lift the heavier of the two bags and walk them in with me. My visit today really kicked my butt back into the right perspective that I needed. I was feeling confused, worried, & blue...now I'm energized, hopeful, encouraged and very clear!