Monday, Sept. 15th
I succumbed to the pressure of fall decorating, even though I hate to see summer go.
The Big E!!! Seemed like the perfect day to go. C4 had a half day of school, weather looked delightful, and there was no rehearsal, hockey, or dance.
I got the Cour girls out of school early, grabbed C, and headed up to meet Colombo there. He'd been in Boston for the morning visiting Milo.
With 8 kids, I thought it'd be beneficial to do our shirt matching. Originally I'd told Lisa 'blue', to make it easy. Once we were all dressed in varying shades of blue, it occurred to me that they'd only blend in, not stick out. Colombo had an orange shirt from church, I had one from VBS, so we stopped at ACMoore for $2 tees. They worked in the sense that we could quickly and easily spot one another, however, I underestimated the attention they'd bring!
Watching the parade:
In the CT building they let the kids make a little whale and take it home.
'Crazy Mouse' is the ride they have to go on every year. It's by far the wildest thing Rocco's been on to date.
Fried dough on the way out. Poor Avery and Amanda didn't even know what it was :(
Maybe a good Christmas idea for C3??
I spent the afternoon / evening down at Lisa's doing 'our thing' together in the kitchen. This time, that meant feeding Ray's football team a pasta dinner the night before their game. It was fun trying to figure out 'just how much food does a football team eat?' We had enough, Ray was on Cloud Nine for the evening, and we enjoyed lovely conversation with new friends.
Sad day taking Andrea, her mom, the girls and a whole lot of luggage to the airport. Over 600 lbs!! (of luggage, not women!)
We rejoiced for the news that Milo went home!
Saturday, Sept. 20th
Rehearsal all morning and then a Competition Team meeting at Northstar.
Colombo covered C's game down in Norwich.
I went to the store, bought food, and cooked. I had to do something. About 24 hours prior I was absolutely crushed by a phone call I never, ever expected and there was just no way to brace for. Lisa- my sister and best friend- received the news that her biopsy came back positive. Colorectal cancer. I did not respond well. At all. She's 39 and the picture of health. She's currently training for her 2nd marathon. Doesn't smoke, doesn't drink, doesn't even eat poorly. NO REASON. It isn't fair. It just doesnt.make.sense.I cried for the better part of 24 hours, had some sad news-telling phone calls, and then I cooked for 25 people. Her closest friends who dropped everything at a moment's notice, gathered to be with her in her home, love on her, feed her family, and most importantly- to PRAY.
Pastor Brent read from the Bible- the Truth, God's Word- several scriptures of healing. Then he spoke about praying in faith. When we pray in faith, we have to push back the doubt. Then we anointed Lisa with oil and prayed.
Christ already took her disease to the cross. We rest knowing that God is not surprised by this and He has a perfect and GOOD plan for her. I am filled with a peace that passes all understanding.
We don't have any answers yet, as more testing and doctors' visits are necessary, but would you please keep Lisa in your prayers?
Trevor went to Lainie's 8th birthday party- Frozen style! The rest of us had rehearsal and hockey x2.
