A Day In My Life

 JUST SAY....YES 26+ years ago, a note, wrapped up in a few dollar bills, was passed to me at one of my then favorite restaurants, the Pasta House Company in St. Louis. I thought the request odd, but really didn't give it much thought and continued with my dinner. My companion and I laughed, talked, observed like people do when they are in love.  As time went on, I began to get fidgety because I just knew there was going to be a proposal by the end of the night. My companion, friend, boyfriend and soon to be husband had me pegged! He knew how insatiable my curiosity could be; how impatient I was and how I lived on everything matching 'my' expectations. He smiled. Toying around like a cat playing with his food. By the end of our meal I was puzzled, under -whelmed and ready to go home. My mother was babysitting our daughter and there was a strict timeline involved. By them time the cheque came, I wouldn't hold in my flustered thoughts, I asked "don't you have som...

 SAD, GLAD, MAD When you know things are moving, but you are not sure of the direction they are going!   Where do I start? I am well past the beginning, but not close to the end, and far enough from the middle that I can't see it on the horizon any more.  How about I get the "Sad & Mad" out of the way first?  SAD:  When the Lord whispered to me that this was going to be "long and hard", I thought, "oh-no" how long is long? I mean YAHWEH is immortal, so, if he said it would be long..then gracious it was going to be long. That was in October 2024 before my diagnosis. Fast forward to February 2026 and guess what? I am here again! What is different now? Well I am 3/4 of the way done with my treatment. I have endured chemo, radiation (which was totally brutal) a port placement, a lumpectomy and a push by insurance to hurry up and get back to work. To my dismay, I returned in September or 2025 and have been struggling to work full time ever since. I am a...