Half Way Point?

Thursday has come and gone and boy am I glad. I am not loving Thursdays anymore. Before this whole cancer fiasco Thursdays were one of my favorite days because I got to go and sing with a bunch of ladies I absolutely adore. Now Thursdays are "Chemo Days" as my mom likes to call them. Anyways, this last chemotherapy treatment was my fourth time going and the end of the second cycle. Hopefully that means I am half way done! HUZZAH!

My father and my sister Jaclyn accompanied me to my appointment. It is very nice to have supportive and loving family who are willing to sit with me during my treatments. I would be so bored without them. My sister in law watched Paisley and Jude along with her 3 wonderful wild ones. I am not sure how she has the energy to do that because it is like having a 5 year old and two sets of twins! All I know is that I love her and I can never repay all of her kindnesses to me.

This chemo treatment seems to me to be the roughest of them all so far. It seemed to take the most out of me. After treatment we picked up my little ones and headed home. Once home my Dad sat with my for a while and played with Paisley and little Jude dude. My dear sweet friend Mackenzie was in town so she stopped by to see me(Man, can I say how loved I feel? I get phone calls, visits, treats, letters and a whole lot more from friends and loved ones. I sure do feel loved). Paisley went home with Grandpa Jones and the next day we had a baptism for me sweet niece Kali June Bug. It was beautiful and Kali June was glowing with the spirit.

April 5th & 6th was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints semi-annual general conference. It is where we all gather and listen to our Prophet and other leaders of the church give us guidance and direct council from the Lord. It was so amazing, like it always is, and I took away quite a bit to implement in my life. One talk has been sticking out to me as I am going through chemotherapy and having a really hard time with nausea and energy. This talk is by President Deiter F. Uchtdorf called "Grateful In Any Circumstance". Here are two videos of it. The top one is a highlight of the talk that is about a minute long and the bottom one it the full 17 minute one. If you have 17 minutes I encourage you to give it a try.



That's all!

Emily!