Giving Thanks for Many Things

I'm so overwhelmed with the support of all of you who have read my new blog. It's therapeutic to write and it's convenient to have a central location to update everyone.

The one thing I didn't mention in my first posting is that I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon). Our oldest son is serving a full-time two year mission in the Torreon Mexico Mission. Our family has received numerous blessings because of his dedicated service. He wears the identifiable uniform of dark pants, white dress shirt, conservative tie and the noticable black name tag. He has been there since January of 2010 and will not return home (even for Christmas) until January of 2012. And we wouldn't have it any other way. The life and spiritual lessons he is learning right now can never be duplicated had he stayed home and gone to school. We will get to talk to him on Christmas Day and in the mean time I look forward to his weekly emails on his day off which is Monday. This past week he was assigned to be a Junior Zone Leader. His assigned Missionary companion is from Mexico City and is the Senior Zone Leader. They help oversee 6-8 pairs of other missionaries and report back to the Mission President. You can imagine the leadership training involved in this. It's tremendous.

Because of my belief and faith in a loving Heavenly Father and His son Jesus Christ I am able to have a bigger picture of what we are going through. I believe we are here to be tried and tested and that the bodies we get aren't perfect and things go wrong. But in that course we are still expected to have Faith and face adversity with dignity and prayer and sometimes a little humor.

So on this Thanksgiving Day I wish to thank the following and if I have forgotten someone I so apologize:

Mary Challis for being with me during the biopsy and loaning me her cars!

Sharon Cocanour for being with me during the biopsy and for carting me around during all the radiology tests...and for entertaining me at Savers and Good Will!!

Lynette Guarino for a gorgeous bouquet of flowers that was delivered during our horrendous snow storm. As the delivery guy brought them to the door it was a bright spot in a dreary day.

Kellie VanDuzer for talking with me about her own experience that she's going through with breast cancer.

The many friends who have posted on my FB of their love and support and offers of help I might need in the future...believe me I'll be calling!!

Happy Thanksgiving to you all!!
Lisa