Woke up this morning, the day following chemo, and thought, "Wow! I feel great!" So for the first 2 hours of my day, I made breakfast, cleaned the kitchen a little, made my bed, and couldn't believe how great I felt. Hoping this would last...but it was only for a little while. I'm thankful for those few hours.
Today, my Tricia-sitter was a very special guest. Doni Owens goes to my Springboro church, Southwest. Her husband and mine attend a men's bible study on Thursday mornings together and that is really how she and I met. The guys have a kindred friendship. In fact, her husband, Glenn, was the one who told John after his divorce, that he should be praying specifically for the wife he would want. Then voilà I showed up! Oh, the power of prayer!! Doni and Glenn recently lost their sweet daughter, Erica, to a tragic accident in March of 2015 and she went to be with the Lord at the tender age of 28. Ever since then, when I saw Doni, our hearts were drawn to each other. Today we talked about life, love, death, and the Lord. We also watched Dr. Mary Neal's video I have mentioned. She is very interested in this topic as well and I believe the Lord put Dr. Neal in my life for people like this too.
Doni is a magnetic personality, a genuine and very loving woman who loves the Lord. She learned recently about my breast cancer and contacted me last week and offered to be with me today. She was here all day and we shared and talked and she served me so willingly and was a ray of sunshine, especially since at 10 am, I started getting nauseated and wasn't such great company. She also drove me to Mason because Dr. Cody informed me he wanted me to have less Neulasta since my WBC count was a little high yesterday. Sadly, I couldn't get the patch that dispensed it 27 hours later because of the dosing. So I had to get a literal shot in the arm..Ouch! Those little buggers hurt. Thankfully, that is the last of the Neulasta! Thankfully, I won't be needing it once I start the Taxol in 2 weeks. I will be interested to see if getting the shot vs the patch will make me feel the typical side effects like bone pain.
Then after Doni left at 4:30 pm, she went to a fresh farm stand market and bought me tomatoes and cucumbers, and then over to Dorothy Lane Market to buy me yeast for some bread I hope to make tomorrow out of my newest find, (thanks to Sara Godbey) cassava flour!
I have spent the majority of my day sitting here in my living room. Thankfully, I love my house and now, thanks to Doni Owens, I have a vase full of sunflowers, zinnias, and daisies and they are sitting surrounded by rocks in a vase. One of the rocks simply says LOVE. Lord, You bless me every day. I see your loving hand tending to me through so many people. Thank you.
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