The Merry Month of March

This last month has just FLOWN by and we are thrilled! The days and months preceding March were slow and painful and every small victory was something to celebrate! Food and pain management became our top priority...our day in and day out consisted of keeping mom healthy enough to get to doctors appointments and back home. This is no longer the case. Mom is on her way back. :)

She is spending over an hour in the pool at physical therapy and getting stronger everyday. Her white blood cell count, though low with chemo, jumps back up pretty quickly and she has been given permission to fly to California when our baby is due! It's still over 7 weeks away, which should give her enough time to build up some more endurance. Mom still sleeps quite a bit, especially if I wear her out, which is just about everyday. :)

It has been exactly sixth months since her surgery, and it has been, quite honestly, the hardest sixth months in memory, but we have been extremely blessed. We never wish to relive January of 2011 ever again (it was the hardest month), yikes, and we are so glad to be on the other side. She still has a long way to go, but the days are better (and getting warmer!) and we are excited for this new chapter.

This weekend will be my last weekend here in Spokane before I head home to be with France and get ready for the baby. Mom and I are excited to relax and watch General Conference, it has always brought us such peace. It has been 6 years since dad passed away and it happened to be the weekend before the spring General Conference of 2005. The timing was not coincidental, we were reminded of how blessed we are that we have been sealed as a family and will be reunited after this life; in short, that we get to be a family forever. I firmly believe that. Easter soon followed and the reminder of Christ's resurrection had never been so poignant.

For the blessings of peace in my life I am truly thankful. We know that not only is our Heavenly Father looking out for us, but so is my mom's sweetheart, our dad. I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for each of us, and though times get downright tough and seemingly unbearable, we are never alone.

I just want to thank all our friends and family again for all your help, we couldn't have made it this far without you, and I know she will be in amazing hands when I go. As I tell both France and my mom, I am EXCITED OUT OF MY MIND TO GO HOME and be a full-time WIFE again and a new mother :) But I will always be grateful for the time I have spent with my own mother, she is an amazing example of faith and endurance and the girl is tough as nails.

Thank you for all your support and your prayers, I will still keep up the blog and will post pictures soon, mom is looking amazing!