All in all, a very good day
Published by Sara Jacobson
Mar 26, 2006 10:48 PM under
Three wonderful things today.
First, we celebrated Dad’s survival anniversary.
For those of you who may not know, he was declared terminal in February, 2005. He’d had larynx cancer more than five years before and the doctors thought they’d beat it, but it had re-emerged in his lungs as an inoperable tumor. Since it’s not lung cancer, even if they were able to remove the tumor it would just come back, there or elsewhere. Thanks to some miracle, he’s still here with us, although he wears out easily and has to take a lot of pain-killers (the tumor rubs against a nerve).
We know we’re going to lose him-we made peace with that a year ago, and now we’re just grateful for any extra time we have. He’s gotten to see my nephew Sammy born, and my kids grow up a little more and that is just wonderful. No time to be sad when there’s so much joy to be appreciated.
Second, I got an email from my long-lost-but-found Scott, a dear friend from high school. He and Steve and their five (5!) dogs are living in Houston now. He’s been living in Iowa City, and we finally reconnect after he moves to Houston. sigh. But it’s still good to finally hear from him. I’ve tried to track him down a few times over the years, but never quite made it.
Third, I was finally the one at the family gathering with the ‘kewl new toy’. I got to show off my iPod to the family. My brother, Dan, reacted best, being appreciatively covetous of the item (he exaggerated a bit because he knew I was hoping for a reaction :).
I know it’s silly…but with 4 kids I don’t have the income to buy ‘things’ so to be the one with the ‘latest and greatest’ was a rare thing I have to cherish when I can. :) Ed made me laugh by saying ‘You know, Sara, now I’m going to have to out-do you’ in his mock-serious tone.
If you were wondering, we had corned beef (baked and boiled), ham, cabbage of course w/ potatoes and other vegetables, and pineapple upside-down cake I’d made for desert. Kathy did a marvelous job cooking.
