On Your Mark...

Get set...

GO!

And she's off.

Round 6 started this afternoon and will finish up next Tuesday. What more can be said about that?

Well now that you mention it, I will say one thing. There is just no way that Nanc could have gotten through this without each and every one of you. That includes the meals, the rides, the calls, the cards, the encouragement, the prayers, the laughter and the hugs, the advice, the tips, the commitment to care, the quiet confidence, the quiet visits, the quiet thoughts, the sure hands, the warm smiles, the concern, the love... So how do we ever begin to give some of that back? Well, it started today.

We have a friend who recently found out that he has squamous cell cancer. It is a form of skin cancer that got into one of his lymph nodes. They got all the cancer during surgery but don't know the source. So he will be undergoing radiation and chemo for 7 weeks starting in about 2 weeks.

So, we gave him and his wife a tour of the cancer center today and introduced them to a few of the nurses. I think it helped break the ice for them and gave them some hope. I remember how desperate you can feel when you are first given the news and how muck like a deer in the headlights you feel like when you have to come into a place like this for the first time. I think they left with a little less fear of the whole process before he has to start.

So that's how we are going to start giving something back. Nanc said today on the way into her treatment that she is ready to start reaching out to some women who are having a hard time. She wasn't ready up until now as she was just trying to get through her own hard time.

And once Nanc puts her mind to something, well you know...

xoxo