Trooper

Hi!  I just got done with spin at the gym (gotta keep some things routine ;) and a few phone calls. Mark slept over with Ruby last night. She had a few rough patches but is doing well and on less medication for the pain which is great.  She's a trooper.

We are waiting for a chest x ray to see if the lung is healed enough to take the chest tube out. We won't know the pathology, the results, of the biopsy for a few days I'd be, maybe next week.

I am overwhelmed by love from you people. I've had less tears and more smiles. Siri and Jane are happy. P.S. whomever was the little leprechaun that left treasures and a note on the porch, they LOVED that!!  Siri couldn't stop talking "sea glass mom! sea glass! and a tiny mirror!"  It was a big hit.  I didn't go back to sleep after 4am. I got on my knees in prayer for a while. Did some deep breathing. My mind just couldn't quiet down. I heard Jane cough and went in to see her. While we were talking, she asked how Ruby was doing. She's so thoughtful.

The girls both came in about 7am as Mark and Ruby were on the phone. As Siri, Jane and I snuggled in my bed, Mark and Ruby on the phone, we all said a prayer together. It was fun to hear the girls go back and forth with Ruby. They are 3 peas in a pod. Today I dropped Siri off late for school. Some Fridays they can bring 50 cents to wear a hat. All the money goes to Primary Childrens Hospital. "You want to know why I want to wear a hat? Because that money goes to where Ruby is at!" She ended up donating the money and having me put her hat in the car :) Gems. These kids are perfect gems...sometimes hidden beneath boogers and whining, but they're there.

I was glad to get a text from a neighbor this morning reminding me it was my birthday. Its my birthday!  33 and happy to be alive.

I want ya'll to do something for me. Go do some pushups, or go for a walk, go enjoy the sunshine. Be nice to the checker at the grocery store, ask how their day is. Everyone has 'a thing', you never know.  And eat healthy food and when you eat a treat, do it on purpose and enjoy it!

Anxious to get back to Ruby at the hospital!

Ali