Blessings! Blessings! Blessings!

When we lived in El Centro, CA a good friend, Sharreen Touchet, used to have a saying that we have adopted whenever something happens that is unexpected and/or good...she would say, "blessings! Blessings! Blessings!"

Today I have been abundantly blessed and I am so grateful for the tender mercies from the Lord and His servants who have poured out their "blessings!" upon me.  Truth be told, the blessings have been abundant all week long, but I was so focused inward and trying my best to just endure that I have not even acknowledged or expressed my gratitude or even my awareness that these blessing have been poured out.  I wish that hadn't been my reaction...but it is the reality.

Friends have texted me faithfully over this past week to ascertain how I was doing, offering food, movies, or just to come sit with me.  Rich has not had a meal...instead he has provided the strangest offerings that would more indicate pregnancy than chemo...except we don't really know much about the strangeness of chemo food...except that it seems a lot like pregnancy cravings!  Baked potato, French fries, over easy egg on toast, bacon egg and cheese biscuit...just like Australia! And Chick-Fil-A diet lemonade....ohhhhh!  Salvation!  Poor Rich!  I know he will be grateful when another week has passed and the nausea has abated some!

I am so grateful for Serina's extra attention in my acupuncture appointment.  Truly she is a kind and gentle soul who recognized the yuck of my day!

I received a special note from Mary Turner that was full of love and kindness.  I haven't even shared with her my diagnosis, yet I know she knows...and yet she loves me anyway.

I received a sweet and tender email from Kathryn this week giving me encouragement and support in this fight.  Her words were just what I needed to hear at the moment I needed to hear them.

My children (including my children who are loved by my children - and Rich and I) have kept in contact...helping me feel connected and a part of their lives, yet seeming to know that I was not terribly able to do much more than love them and their efforts.

Today I received a care package from Karen and David with four fluffy/fuzzy hats with a precious note telling me of their love and support at this time.

And my brothers, Mike and Brad, took time out of their hectic schedules to attend a sarcoma conference at the Huntsman Cancer Center today.  They queried, listened, and gleaned as much information and made contacts with other LMS patients, Drs, pathologists, genomics specialists, surgeons, and radiologists to understand what I'm experiencing, learn what is being done in the field, and to give me hope and support!

I'm just so overwhelmed!  I feel such love and know that I don't deserve any of it!  But I'm so grateful!  I truly feel like the loving arms of the Savior have been wrapped around me.  I feel the prayers and fasting that is being done on my behalf.  And I know that Angels truly have attended me all week long...in a week that seemed to last forever!  Thank you!