Sunday, January 24, 2010

Sledding

Today Taylor, Me and two of her friends went sledding at the Amesbury Rec. Park. it was the most perfect day for sledding No wind, 35 degrees, and no rain!!and the sun came out a couple of times. It was a ton of fun seeing Taylor her friends Leona and Sierra have lots of fun playing and laughing I've never gone there and always drove by in the summer wondering how it would be to slide there in the winter. It was well worth it!!

Monday, January 18, 2010

Winter is Back


This morning I woke up and opened our curtains to a surprise of mother natures best quality SNOW, My two favorite times of the year are Fall and Winter. This morning winter was back. I love when the snow sticks to the empty branches of winter and the forest is blanketed with this white gold, the sun was not out today but when a fresh snow fall blankets the woods its amazing sight, I LOVE IT. So today I spent most of my day plowing the drive way and shoveling off our decks, such a peaceful day but at the same time too peaceful. I miss the chaos of siblings fighting my wife telling me to come inside, or she's sending me to Alaska(I would love to go there and she knows it)
Today I think of my wife and kids and how much I miss the other half of my family.
Honey I took these photos for you because I know you miss home, and you would love to see what winter looks like at our HOME

I love you both SOOOOOO much and I miss you even more....
XOXOXO

Friday, January 15, 2010

Faith, Love & Hope

Faith is something our family is devoted to "a belief in God"......Love is what our family holds dear "deep attraction, feelings, and commitment to one another" and Hope is what all of us have been holding onto to "the feeling that what is wanted can be had"!!

Jordyn's bone marrow aspiration shows that as of today, January 15th, there are no leukemia blast in her marrow....she is 100% donor cells! Certainly there is still a long road to travel. One in which I try to find the right balance between optimism and reality with cancer. Today is such a day to say.....a miracle is in the making! She has fought this fight for so long and has shown all of us what strength and courage really means. Jordyn said to me today.."this is the best day of my life. I heard my cancer is gone and I got to see Carrie Underwood".



Today was Country Music Cares Day here at St Jude and she indeed had Carrie Underwood come into her room to spend some time with her today. Also, Randy Owen, from Alabama also came in and talked with Jordyn. A few years ago, Randy Owen started raising money for St Jude with Country Music Artists. He created a song that is completely Jordyn's life story. It's called "Braid My Hair". Take a moment to listen to it online.!! It rings so true to Jordyn....she just wants to take her mask off and breathe air....but most of all she just wants to Braid her Hair. Well, after today's news we are certainly going in the right direction.

This has been such another long road for all of us involved. However, I do want to thank my Husband for creating a blog for our family to keep our extended family and friends all up to date about home life. Because in reality....home still stands for Taylor and Sonny. I miss those two people soooo much and Jordyn and I can't wait to be back home with them again. Jordyn and I have come so far because of all the strength and support we receive from everyone. Thank you , Thank you and Thank you!! Most of all, I personally would never be able to go down this road again so gracefully without the support I receive day in and out from you Sontaya! You are my rock! I love you more than you will ever know! Taylor, you also inspire Mommy by being so strong as you have been throughout the years. You are also an incredible and strong soul to have gone through this so many times of being apart from us. I love you too more than you will ever know! People also see your compassion and care for your sister that brings others to tears. Thank you for being the best sister anyone could ever have.

Keep up the fight Jordyn! The road is still long but what a way to keep traveling.....you amaze all of us baby

Monday, January 11, 2010

Happy New Year

Hello to you all and Happy New Year !!!!! so sorry I have not posted a blog in some time. Its been a crazy few weeks for Tracey and I, we as a family are still getting use to be so many miles apart, it use to be we could see each other with only an hours drive, not so anymore, We stay positive and strong for each other because we have no other choice. So Christmas and New Years came and went, as most of you have taken down the Christmas lights, decorations, Tree's, here at this house it is still Christmas and will be till the day Jordyn and Tracey come home from Memphis. I still catch myself turning on the Christmas Tree and the outside Christmas lights. When I say Christmas came and went, I mean it. Everything is still the same since the day they left here. I want it to feel like they never left, I want the decorations up I want the tree still standing, everything the same. As you know we went down to see Tracey and Jordyn in Memphis for Christmas, it was so nice because we weren't sure if it was going to work out because of Jordyns transplant, God must have been watching over us. "It was an interesting trip" as Taylor says. First we get to Logan and we go trough security and low and behold guess who gets stopped to have baggage check??? Me!!! Not thinking as I was packing the night before and my suitcase full of all kinds of things you name it, it was in there, as everyone is aware my wife NEEDS her hair supplies, Shampoo, gel, hairspray,conditioner. As the most wonderful husband in the world I pack 3 of each and put it on my carry on luggage. You know where I'm going with this.... So I put it on the belt to go trough security, of course my bag gets pick to get searched, One bottle after another taken out of my bag. Security says to me you know you can't these on the plane, and just then I slap myself in the head, We have to discard all of these items he says to me ARE YOU KIDDING I SAID TO HIM. Do you know what my wife will do to me if I don't bring these to her??? We'll the only thing you can do is check the bag in so you can keep the items. I go and check the little carry on I had, then I had to go back through security. Needless to say we finally got on our plane and were headed to Atlanta Georgia. We landed in Atlanta and knowing that we had a 2 hour layover we decided to just tour the airport, as we were walking I decided to look at the screens that show flights and their status, I notice that our flight was delayed for an hour. No big deal just one hour, Well............. one hour turned into 10hrs. Our flight got canceled due to maintenance. Finally around 11:30 central time we arrived in Memphis. Our trip was one to remember but that is not all. We had an incredible Christmas, Santa came to all of the rooms to see the kids and he also was kind enough to bring Taylor some gifts. We went to the Memphis zoo to see the Christmas lights, We went to Graceland, really cool, Taylor was kinda moody about it but it turned out she loved it. When would we ever get to see where Elvis lived?? We were there for 8 days and they were the most wonderful days we could of had. But as I said this trip is not over. On the day before we were leaving at about 4:30pm. We got into a car accident, First of all before I tell the story, let me make it clear that down there traffic lights are like the size of baseballs and they are every 300ft. So I ran a red light and all I could here was a BIG bang and Taylor screaming, after the dust had settled and knowing that we were alright, I get out of the car and yelled,"I WANT TO GO HOME". The next morning we stopped in to say our goodbyes. I think back to all that happened and I thank God for letting us see Tracey and Jordyn for the Holiday and also keeping us safe in the accident. We miss you both very, very, much I Love You Honey "Laughter is Love" "Our Love is our Strength"