Friday, November 12, 2010

So what's changed with Jim?

Not much, except that he is in more pain, if that is possible, which I guess it is. That, and we both feel so badly for June. For those of you who don't know, we lost a dear brother to cancer a few weeks back, and it's just hard.

Have I missed blogging? Yeah and no. So, I'll just let it go here and see how it is.

Before I go, I think of a woman who had a SCT from the NIH. She went back to work in November. I'm excited for her. I don't know that we ever thought Jim would have a normal life or not. I guess we were just amazed that he was staying alive. I guess we never prepared ourselves for that being all the Stem Cell transplant would offer him. A life of continued pain and sickness.

I have learned patience though. That is a very good thing. But I learn it on a daily basis. Every morning, I remember that through Christ I can do all things.

I have actually painted our bedroom and sanded doors and woodwork and painted and edges all the woodwork and radiators. Three coats. THREE COATS. And we painted it yellow since Pittsburgh doesn't have much sun. Oh, gotta go. Jim ruined dinner. PBJ tonite, dear.

4 comments:

John Baldauff said...

Yay! Another blog post!!! PBJ is always a good backup dinner. It was good/painful to talk to you today mom. Not painful because you are a bore but painful because of what we talked about!

Anonymous said...

I had this blast from the past, and yes, I was cheerful that the Jim & Gloria Show was back on the road.

Although I'm only 26 hours away down to the south west, I've not been in the loop as they say. Welcome back to my Friends, Jim & Gloria, and other scribes who drop in FTTT.

I struggled with "PBJ". John's message gave me a clue, and so having phoned a friend at Google, I concluded you were talking about a Canwich. My level of American English is improving. Amazing.

Yellow is my fav colour. Seven my lucky number. Cheese & vegemite canwich - that would be something !

We need 8 more postings (c'mon friends) and maybe I'll win a free holiday at a Yackandandah hideaway on the hill.

Greets from Gaeri

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Anonymous said...

What charming posts you're getting, Gloria!

Good luck earning $200 :-)

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