Back In The South

I started writing this in the airport.  Would someone please donate a laptop or help me with a bake sale so I can raise some money?!!!!!!!!!!!  :)  I can barely even read my chicken scratch!

I simply hate goodbyes.  They suck.  Not two minutes before we got to the airport Ellie says, "Aunt Rene, are you going to cry?"  I respond, "I always cry when I leave Ellie".  She says, "Ummm yeah I know, that's why I asked."  Ha ha! That kid doesn't miss a thing!!

I love the Browning kids.  They are precious.  Now, as they get older I have the chance to know them better as individuals and establish an Aunt Rene relationship or "connection" with them.  What else can I tell you, other than I am selfish??!!  Should God take me tomorrow...I want each of them to have a distinctive memory of me, besides my cancer.

I already miss my sister.  Well, I missed her about 2.2 seconds after I boarded the plane.  I cried when the plane took off.  I also found myself taken back by how amazing the color of the leaves on the trees were from the sky.  WOW.

Yesterday, was the first Sunday in four weeks that Stephen and I didn't do coffee and go bowling.  Needless to say, we both woke up feeling sad and grumpy. Sigh...

Other "stuff"...

Pamela promoted "Ms Barb" to Aunt Barb.  Why not?!  She really is family, and the kids adore her.

There's a rumor that my Uncle Don and Uncle Gravy are coming here for Thanksgiving!  How cool is that?????????

I have a doctor's appointment on Thursday with my oncologist. I still feel decent. Some coughing. Some pain, but I feel good.

I'll be back in DC in December.  : )

Check out the song Moments by Emory Drive.  It is awesome.

I'm off to bed.  I love y'all. Thanks for being patient with my lack of entries, and for continuing to read.

 

*** Please say prayers for Nathan (He is starting chemo and radiation again.), Ms Bobby (she started radiation), Mr. Russo, Ms Pammy (recovering from surgery.), Lenore ~ she's having a recurrence in her lungs, Trish, David Carey, Sugar, Cindy (She's in remission),Tammy (she's in remission), Krissy's husband, John, Jeannette, Ms Margie and Joyce (she's having surgery Friday). They are fighting the battle with cancer too .

*** Please say prayers for Brenda.

*** Please say prayers for Jay Carey and his family.  He is in Iraq fighting the war.

 *** Please say prayers for Frances and her son, Matthew.  He is in Afghanistan.

If this is your first time reading my journal, PLEASE go backto my first entry on 11-15-06 to read about the title MEET ME AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE!! Thanks!