Trying to decide if there is really anything to blog about.
I don't have any pictures to post. Not as much fun without pictures.
Nobody is sick in the house this week. Hurrah!! I ended up with the flu last week. Yeah, that pretty much sucked. I stayed home from work for a couple of days just lying in bed and sleeping through it. I had fun everytime Tom came in the room I would imitate Roman and cry "I'm dying...I think I'm gonna die." It made him laugh every time. Oh wait...I guess I didn't tell that story on one of my blogs. Roman was sick the weekend before I got sick and at one point we heard him back in the bedroom crying and screaming at the top of his lungs, "I'm dying...I think I'm gonna die." Ok, maybe it loses something in the translation but neither of us had ever heard a child say they were going to die when they had a cold or flu. He is very dramatic about everything.
I went to the oncologyst and we talked about the cancer meds that I quit taking a couple of months ago because of bone and joint pain. (I know EXACTLY how it is going to feel when I get about 20 years older...) He gave me a new script for Tomoxifin. Side effects from that one sound really yummy. More weight gain, embolisms, stroke, etc. Nice. Can't wait. (Yeah, yeah...that is heavy sarcasm you hear.) Of course, he swears there is no bone or joint pain with it. We'll see.
He's doing a pet scan to make sure the cough I have isn't anything to worry about. I'll be doing that on the 23rd and then going back on the 25th to see if there are any concerns from it.
Roman is making great grades on his school work. He is working really hard. His Mom had bought him a Spongebob umbrella and the kids made fun of him at school yesterday. Is six REALLY too old to like Spongebob Squarepants? It seems like the perfect age for it to me...kids are just mean.
Work is busy as usual. I had a 'meet and greet' with one of the guys from home office in St. Louis yesterday. He was diagnosed and treated for Stage 4 melanoma eight years ago. He is a walking miracle. I am daily thankful for the strides we have made in getting rid of cancer cells. God is so good all the time. 8-)
Here is a a little Max for today...amen and amen...
"Not Just Mercy, But Grace
By Max Lucado
We are poor, spiritually for sure; monetarily, perhaps. We’ve buried our dreams, desires, and aspirations. Like the mother with Lupus or the businessman in the unemployment line, we’re out of options.
Yet Christ approached us “while we were yet sinners!” “Will you cover us?” we asked him, and Grace smiled.
Not just mercy, mind you, but grace. Grace goes beyond mercy. Mercy gave the prodigal son a second chance. Grace threw him a party. Mercy prompted the Samaritan to bandage the wounds of the victim. Grace prompted him to leave his credit card as payment for the victim’s care. Mercy forgave the thief on the cross. Grace escorted him into paradise.
Mercy pardons us. Grace woos and weds us. Grace does this. God does this. Grace is God walking into your world with a sparkle in his eye and an offer that’s hard to resist!
“Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. Ephesians 2:4-5″"
By Grace Alone -
Teresa
