Bald again

I started losing my hair three days ago. This morning I woke up with hair all over my pillow, all over my face, all over the place. In the bathroom I took my hairbrush and within two or three brushings, the brush was full of hair. If that weren't aggravating enough, as I was trying to cook lunch, I had hair falling out as I was trying to cook, even though I stood back as far away from the food as I could. I finally gave up and called Willard to take over. It was then I decided that something had to be done. I called Kim, my daughter in law, to see if she could cut my hair. Well, shave my hair off my head would be more correct. So, I'm bald again. Here's to a play-by-play results of my hairs demise.

And so it goes for many cancer patients.
Until next time, God bless and God save.

I was saying yesterday on Facebook, how good it was to see so many people, giving from their hearts this year. In Kmart's, Walmart's and throughout the country, a few people are giving from their hearts to perfect strangers. What these heroes are doing in touching the lives of these people, will never be completely known.
I was truly touched by two people today. Two ladies that work at Thomas drugstore, Sylvia, who is one of pharmacists, and Diane, a valued employee, went together and purchased Willard and I a gift card from IGA. Those two generous ladies will never know how much they blessed us. With Dr. bills mounting up, and the cost of gas to and from Chapel Hill, well, you can understand how appreciated that card was to us.
I thought they would crack up, as I was talking to them about the dilemma that I was in day before yesterday. Chemo makes me crave things as if I were pregnant. Now, you see Monday, I had eaten pimento cheese sandwiches just about all day. And Tuesday, I had eaten some greens. Now come Wednesday, I was sweating bullets. I had the most awful cramps, that anyone could imagine. Now that cheese, from the pimento cheese was taking it's time. It wasn't in any hurry to go anywhere. But the greens, they were saying giddyup and go. Almost like a cowboy riding a turtle. The cowboy may be in a hurry, but the turtle is going to take its sweet time. Saying I was in agony would actually be an understatement. All I have to say, is think God for miralax. LOL, LOL.
But back again to the gift card. Thank you again Sylvia and Diane, from the bottom of our hearts for your generosity to us. You both have blessed us so much.
Until next time, God bless and God save.

sick but still praising God

I'm kind of sick today. Other than that, I'm doing real well. Willard is cleaning and vacuuming the house. He cooked me a wonderful breakfast of ham and eggs, with a toasted roll to go with it. I am very blessed to have such a wonderful husband as he is. I'm still remembering the little lady when I had chemo before, whose husband walked out on her because he could not handle the everyday of her cancer. And it broke my heart that there are such people on this earth. I just remember how frail she looked, as she sat there pleading for them to give her chemo, even though her blood count was tremendously low. They gave her two units of blood that day and sent her home. I often wonder what happened to her. How many other women and men for that matter that are sick. And in their worst time of need the one they thought loved them the most, walked out on them.
There is someone who will never leave you nor forsake you. That is Jesus. At my lowest times, that old song, what a friend we have in Jesus comes to mind.
What a friend we have in Jesus,All our sins and griefs to bear!What a privilege to carryEverything to God in prayer!Oh, what peace we often forfeit,Oh, what needless pain we bear,All because we do not carry Everything to God in prayer!
Have we trials and temptations?Is there trouble anywhere?We should never be discouraged—Take it to the Lord in prayer.Can we find a friend so faithful,Who will all our sorrows share?Jesus knows our every weakness;Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Are we weak and heavy-laden,Cumbered with a load of care?Precious Savior, still our refuge—Take it to the Lord in prayer.Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?Take it to the Lord in prayer!In His arms He’ll take and shield thee,Thou wilt find a solace there.
And that about says it all, how good to us is our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Until next time, God bless and God save.

This is the first picture after chemo. I feel a little tired. This picture was taken just a few minutes ago. This is the length it's grown since my last chemo. It will start falling out again in about two weeks. I have enjoyed the curls in my hair, since I've never had natural curly hair. It was fun to look in the mirror every morning and see these curls. Oh well, chemo giveth and chemo taketh the way, :-) LOL.
All in all I'm abundantly blessed. I have a wonderful husband who takes care of me, and lots of friends and family members that care, and are there for me.
A verse for today. Proverbs 17:22

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit driest the bones.
I guess what this means, and means to me. That sitting around feeling sorry for yourself all depressed is not going to help you heal. The living in faith, walking with the Lord Jesus, and the feeling, from deep down inside of us, the joy that he gave us all. And knowing all things are in God's hands, God sees everything around us. Even to that one blade of grass swaying in the wind. Go if God cares that much about a blade of grass, don't you know just how much He love us all? Yes God loves us all so much.
Until next time, God bless and God save.

I've been crocheting lately, and as I crochet I have made many, many mistakes. But anybody that crochets knows that a mistake can be pulled out, re-crocheted, and the mistake will never be noticed, because, by redoing there is no longer a mistake. Don't we wish that mistakes that we've made in life could be that easily taken care of. Don't we wish we could simply undo a mistake where it could never be seen, heard of or thought about ever again.
Even when sewing, mistakes can be undone, and re-sewed. But there will always be small signs that a mistake was made. Just as in life, mistakes we have tried to hide. But just as in sewing mistakes, there will always be signs of those mistakes in our lives.
I'm sure in your lives there are many things that you wish you could go back and undo. I know there are many things in my life that I wish I could. It's a good thing that God understands human nature well enough that He understands. And the most wonderful thing of all, He's merciful enough to forgive us when we fail.
I think that is why we read so many stories in the Bible, about mistakes that God's chosen people made. God wants us to realize that He knows we will not be perfect. Take Abraham and Sarah when they lost their faith that Sarah would be the one to have Abraham's son. So they took Sarah's maid Hagar to have Abraham's son. But as we all know that was not God's will nor intention. And what about David? He was beloved by God. And look at all the things that David did wrong. He was guilty of murder, he was guilty of taking another man's wife. And yet God forgave David when he repented. All you have to do is read the Bible to find out that mistakes are just human. Some mistakes are worse than others, but God doesn't see the size of the mistakes. God only sees our hearts when we repent, and ask forgiveness for our mistakes. When God forgives--- He really forgives! Your sin is washed away. kinda like undoing crochet. Never to be seen or heard of again. Yea, Jesus loves us that much! Until next time God bless and God save.