The New Houses are Almost Done and maybe we are too

Last night I let out a gasp. There were lights on in the house across the street. It had a very warm and welcoming feel to it. The houses are almost done. They are locked now and even though I know where the keys are, I have decided maybe they don't want us inside. We have seen lots of activity. Painters, electricians, cupboards, appliances, floor guys. They are coming along very nicely. What I like about them is that they are different but yet the same. The right one is a tan color with round rocks on the front. The left one has a dark brown paint with squareish rocks and some extra gingerbread stuff on it. Both are about to disappear behind the cover of our trees.

It has been very interesting to watch the building process. The digging, the foundation, the building, and the endless finishing. These houses have been a metaphor for M-E's journey. I guess we are still in the building phase. The finishing will take a year and a half.

This week has been very interesting. We are headed back to normal. It is a difficult concept to understand but one we are trying to remember. She is taking showers. She is going to school everyday. She is doing homework and studying for her tests. We shall see how this goes. We will have to go through a period of ajustment.

M-E is scheduled for another round of Interim Maintence. We go into that phase very healthy. We go with the knowledge that at the most she has 5 more doses of Methotrexate infront of her. We go knowing that it is do able and that it will be over soon. We go with more energy and strength and with spring letting us know we are headed to a good time and are almost there. Those are all big improvements over the last time of low counts and fevers and high temperatures and dehydration and........

It should be a good Easter. It helps to know that once the dark time is over, the light is with us forever.