Good day

Today was a good day.  What a blessing!!  Jeff's friend from high school, Derek came by and hung out with Jeff all day.  Thank you Derek for being such a great friend for over 30 years.  Apparently they relived all their high school glory days of football.  I think it got pretty "thick". Don't you know the way they remember it might have little to do with how it really happened!  But Jeff came home with a smile on his face and a bounce to his step.  Happy.  That's what I'm talking about!

My sister, Katie came out and took care of me.  She helped me clean house and made me feel a little bit more alive - like only a sister can do.  This is all so hard and it helped today to get up and get something done.  I laughed for the first time in a while.  We talked smack on our husbands - about how much we love them in spite of how much they drive us nuts.  We also decided that all male children should learn to clean toliets at an early age.  And if we were rich we would just buy new toliets all the time! Unanimously we claimed that all boys are gross.  You know what I mean.

Thank you for all the texts and emails and phone calls.  We love you so much.  We are full and can't express our thankfulness. We are taking it day by day.  We have no plan.  Dr Patel has not called us back but we have an appointment on Thursday.  We still cry all the time but now we are starting to talk about other things too.  Our future, our memories, our blessings, our plans.  I am comforted to know that I am not in this alone.  And that goes doubly for Jeff.  Your love is our balm.  We are applying it liberally.

One last note.  Our fridge and freezer are full of food.  Unfortunately we are just not that hungry.  If my children's stomachs start to growl I will let you know.  I promise!!

Thank you,
Jeff and Leta