Happiness

 It’s my Mom and Dad’s 49th Anniversary- can you believe it?! I don’t feel that old to have Parents that have almost been married for 50 years! That is for older people, right? My Dad is up in Heaven, looking down upon us (Hi, Dad!) and I know he is thinking of my Mom and us every day.  The other day the kids at Church were practicing a song for Father’s Day and I teared up thinking of my sweet Dad and how much I really miss him. He’s been gone for almost 3 1/2 yrs. He missed Ethan and Jonah going on missions and coming back and Asher leaving. And a grandson being born. Yet, I know he is still right here with us. I sure love you. Dad! Happy Anniversary to our big little family! 

         I don't know if I have told you about my Dad's Miraculous Miracle yet. Just a little background on the story- a little over 10 years ago my Dad John was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia also known as CLL (I wrote about it here ). He was 58 years old. It is common for males to get this later in life- if they do get it at all. At first I didn't know it was cancer. Yes, it had the name Leukemia in it, but since it also had the word Chronic, I felt that it wasn't dangerous and that we would overcome it within a short time. I distinctly remember the time someone mentioned the word "Cancer". It was probably about 6 months into his diagnosis and I was surprised that no one had said it before. It was like we were dancing around the subject.        Earlier this year, my Dad had run out of options and was still fighting CLL. He had tried all of the trial drugs and the only option left was a CarT cell transplant. This is whe...

  My Dad and Baby Quincy, last June 2012 Today is my Dad's 63rd Birthday. Happy Birthday, DAD! We have a lot of June Birthdays in our family (4 out of 8) and his birthday starts off the festivities. I'm SO glad we get to visit him close to his birthday and wish him a happy one in person! My Dad Loving Kind Hardworking Noble Valiant  Unselfish Amazing Fun Loving Tender Caring Lover of Kids Lover of Reading Lover of Music Counselor Swimmer  Artist Husband Father  Amazing. We love you, Dad!!!

My Dad and Asher 2008 Amy with Uncle Doug and Aunt Sheelah! 2007 Sunday was my Dad's birthday and today is my sister Amy's birthday! I am a little remiss that I am late on this post for my Dad. Sorry! Amy turns 28 today! Wow! Happy Birthday to my Dad! He recently found out that, after quite awhile, he is Lukemia free! We are so happy for you, Dad! What a blessing! My Dad has also retired this year! He has worked long and hard for about twenty five years in the California School System as an Elementary and Jr. High School Counselor. Way to go, Dad! Now you can relax, work on the yard, take care of Shasta, spend more time with Mom and make home videos for me! Happy Birthday to Amy Jo! Amy is six years younger than me but we have always gotten along wonderfully. We were roomies at BYU right after I got off my mission. We shared a bedroom when Molly went off to BYU right after we graduated from High School. When I would come back from college I would entertain her with stories of ...

My dad! It's Father's Day! I am with my Father-in-law today and I get to see my Dad in a few days. How awesome is that? I love both of my Fathers very much, but today I wanted to focus on my biological Father. I was just reading (just as in a few weeks ago) reading another blog where the girl dedicated a post about her Father. You see her Father has cancer and was told that he would die in six months if he didn't do anything about it. My Father had cancer. CLL, or Chronic Lymphonic Leukemia from June 2006- sometime in 2008. He is in remission. He didn't die. And I am oh so glad. Because I wouldn't have been able to handle it. I was already suffering from major Depression (actually Bi-Polar but I didn't know it at the time) when he started getting worse and worse. His white blood cell count was bad. He was doing radiation. He had low energy. Things were not going well! We had a fast as a family for him. I fasted. My sisters fasted. My brothers fasted. My Mom fas...