Giggles and Girl Worries

There is no school today. Something about in-service was claimed. I know that all the teachers are doing their taxes and I support there need for a day to meet with their accountants.

M-E and Whitney were able to have a sleep over. It was such a normal one. We had dinner, then popcorn and pineapple,then a couple of hours of useless time in front of the television. Then the best hour. The hour of giggles and talking about boys in a very normal 12 year old way. I walked in and they were having such a good time. They were discussing the things they wanted to do on the trip to Portland and how that was going to work. They were planning the perfect field trip and choosing the chaperones. They were talking about where they would be going and what they would do.

It was so nice to here happy sounds from the bedroom. It has been so long. I can see that we are going to have more of those days. It was a great way to silently slip into the 9th month. Day by day we are regaining our footing and learning to trust the world a bit.

We are able to stay in this space until the 24th of May. She will then have one last stage of intense Chemo. The ugly stuff but then we start maintence.

We can do that. We have learned that we can do and handle a lot. More than we wanted. I know that things will never be the same but many good things have come from our journey. We have connected with our faith in a special way. We have learned to receive rather than give. We have found deep strength and a staying power from places we never knew. We have learned who our real friends are. We have found new friends. We have learned to wait and be patient. We have found a haven in a place of hope and sadness at Children's Hospital.

We now have to learn to trust again.