A Dusting of the Cobwebs: New Year, and New Hair...

A Dusting of the Cobwebs....

welcome to my blog!
...allow me a brief introduction...

In a reacent conversation with my daughter, her questions were why I, and her Dad were so quiet about our lifes? Meaning writing or telling about our own personal historys.

I didn't think there was anything important to write about. As I was just a normal person, getting up in the morning and getting the day started, getting kids off to school, or meeting schedules of the whole family, cleaning house, and landry. Keeping little ones busy, and changing diapers, comming home fixing dinner, helping with homework, putting kids to bed, watch some news, go to bed. And then do it all over again the next day. Then some days was teaching lessons in Primary, RS, MIA, Sundayschool, cub scouts, or helping at schools, ect. Family home evening, Visiting teaching, and even some Home teaching and being the family schaefer. most of the time we had one car, 6 kids, one working husband. Oh yes, the multi years of music lessons, and baseball teams, coaching, and even one major jumproap champion, for one daughter.

We had trials too. some were very hard, just thinking about a single memory of losing our son, brings tears. But we are told that this life is to meet trials, and how we handle them will be for our own eternal growth.

A very wise Stake President, President Alred, once said "We are here to be schooled in the principles of eternity. We will work by the sweat of our brow, to work our way through this life... But remember we are here to be schooled in the principles of eternity."

So, I welcome you to my blog. Please feel free to stay and go as you please, and wander where you wish. And, as always, feel comfortable in sharing those stories that you may feel are just "an every day" thing as well...

Jan 14, 2012

New Year, and New Hair...

Its January of a New Year 2012. Its hard to believe its been almost a year since I realized that I had Cancer, and a year of illness begin. I have been through alot this last year. The strangest was to look in the mirror and see a bald head, no eyebrows or eyelashes. One looks real strange and scary with out the things that make you look like you.

My hair has been growing in. I was told that Chemo could change the color of my hair, and it did. I have always had brown hair, about a medium brown, with a little touch of red.

My hair is growing in Black, with lots of Gray. It feels like fur and is about one and half inches in length. To look in the mirror, It look like straight mouse gray fur.

So we shall see what happens.

Jodie mentioned last night, that on the 28th of this month, she will be working full time at the Dr. Office in Provo.

Pauli and James' baby boy is due in April. Pauli received her Black belt in Karita, being five months preg. She knocked the socks right off those guys.

A Dusting of the Cobwebs