My Mom

In January, Mom found out that the melanoma she had in her finger came back. It came back with a vengence. There were 6 lesions in her brain and more than a dozen melanoma lumps all over her body. Everything seemed to materialize in about a six month period before January.

We began radiation treatments for her brain in January. In February, the largest lesion was irritated by the radiation, and it bled out. The bleeding and swelling caused her to lose most of the mobility in the right side of her body. She appeared to be recovering for several weeks but had a focal seizure on the first Saturday in March. After a hospital stay at Emory, she again appeared to be getting stronger, and we were planning to begin treatment for the melanoma in her body. We celebrated her 64th birthday on March 31st, and the last time she was able to get out of bed was April 1st.

From April 2nd until April 20th, she continued to get weaker and weaker. We had no idea how strong she really was and how much she wanted to stay with us. My sister, her family, my brother, and my family were here with her. I know she could hear her children, our spouses, and her grandbabies throughout the house. I'm sure it made her that much more determined to hang on as long as she could.

On April 20th at 8:21 am, she went to Heaven. We cried for her during her illness. Now we are crying for us because we miss her so much.

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I Am a Proud Mommy!

At the beginning of the month, the Vice Principal called me in the middle of the morning. He had Emma Rose in his office, and she had somerhing to tell me. "Uh-oh" was my response, and he did nothing to contradict me! Emma Rose got on the phone, and she told me that she had been chosen to be the student of the month!

I am so proud of her! She is pretty excited about it, too! The principal announced that she was chosen the day during the morning announcements, and she led the school in the pledge the next week. She has her own bulletin board right outside the Media Center, and her name is on the marquee outside the school.

Hooray Emma Rose!

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My Princess Baby is 4!

Anabelle became a 4 year old today. I have no idea how it could have been four years ago that we saw her pretty little face for the first time. She is growing up to be such a fun, sweet little girl. And a sassy one sometimes, too! She is growing and maturing entirely too fast for me.

We had a fun little party for her at the pool yesterday. She was very happy to play with her friends and her daddy (especially) and to have cake and ice cream! I have more pictures from the party, and I'll post them as soon as I have time to upload them to Shutterfly and share the link.

My Sweet Anabelle

Anabelle really loves the pool! When she's not wearing her froggy float, she is now holding her breath and swimming about a foot under the water. Both my girls are growing up way too fast!

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Witch & Ladybug at the Library

The girls wore costumes to the library last week just because they wanted to! All the other children seemed to wish they were in costume, too. Maybe the girls will be little trend setters. Emma Rose didn't want her picture taken, but I caught enough of her in this one to record them together! They were so cute!

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Jacob Cline Monarda

This is the first bloom of one of my new flowers. The plant is suppose to attract hummingbirds!

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Yellow Pear Tomatoes!

It's so hard to wait for them to get ripe! Once they do ripen, they may not make it in the house.

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