Wow, I believe Spring has finally arrived. We have had marvelous warm temps this entire week. I am so thankful for that. The kids can wear shorts and t-shirts. 
Brian has been doing awesome. He has been healthy and school is going well. (Though, he is ready for summer break.)
Last weekend was our first weekend out camping. I decided at the last-minute to go for Mother’s Day weekend. It was wonderful. Our family loves to go camping. We just recently got a different camper, thanks to some friends of ours that “made” it happen. I love being together. We were able to swim at an indoor pool, take walks, cook over the fire, and just relax. It was just the break that I needed from our hectic lifestyle.
Britney gave me a book that I “HAD” to read called “Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie”, by Jordan Sonnenblick. (She is reading it for school) Definitely not something I would pick up to read, but Brit said it was so much like her life story. So, of course I picked it up and read it in lightning speed. I cried my eyes out. (literally!) It is about a 14 yr old boy who was having a normal life, when his 6 yr old brother (who he thought was annoying) got Leukemia. Then it talks about the feelings, the emotions, the blame and denial that go along with the diagnosis. For the 14 yr old, for the Mother and for the Father. WOW!!!! It was a very good read, but a really strange title. It took me back to the issues that we had to deal with 2 1/2 yrs ago, and what Brit must have gone through. There are no right or wrong answers in how you deal with life situations. Sometimes you have to live through them to realize what you would have done differently or the same.
Brit will finish up JO volleyball this coming weekend and we only have 2 1/2 wks of school left. Brian has 2 field trips, one to Amish Country. Ed has been busy again with work. It was a rough winter. He had work each week, but often only 3 or 4 days. I am very thankful for my budget and the fact that we haven’t strapped ourselves.
God is good All the time. I am constantly reminded of the miracle of Brian’s life. We watched, lived, and have had the privilege of having him right under our noses. I have one prayer concern, Brian has been struggling with some anger and resentment. Not sure if this is residual “stuff” from the Cancer and treatments, or if it has more to do with hormones. It is usually when he is tired or bored….but then the whole world crashes for him. I keep praying for God’s love to encompass him. I am ready to have my carefree, happy child back.
Well, Happy May. Hope each of you have been able to see the beauty of God’s creation outside as the trees are budding, flowers and bushes blooming and the lush “green” of the grass. (not to mention the birds and their sweet songs.)
Till the next time, May God bless each of you - Jolene
