MK update 6/8/2008

Hello all! Hope this e-mail finds each of you staying cool and surviving this heat! Well, this fourth treatment turned out to be the hardest thus far. I really have struggled with this treatment. I think maybe it was because my blood counts were pretty low when I received the treatment, but whatever the reason it has been a very long 12 days! This time, I seemed to have more nausea, more pain, and much more difficulty regulating my body temperature. I have been really, really hot for 12 days and the outside heat certainly has not helped. But, I started feeling better Friday and was even able to work for a few hours. I ended up having to spend some time outside while there and as a result have a rash on my hands and feet from the sun. But, it was worth being at work and that will go away soon I am sure.

Yesterday, we went to my parents house and spent the day with them. David, Zac, and Alex were there as well. We had a yummy, yummy lunch (Paula Dean has nothing on my mom!)--then we went to Papoose Park for a picnic for supper. That was so much fun. The food was great and the boys caught some fish and David and Alex climbed the waterfall. It was so nice to be outside and not be stuck in my house. And, any activity with Zac and Alex always proves to be fun! What a time to run off and leave the camera at home!

I think of each of you often and am in continuous prayer thanking God for each of you! Every time I hear the new Rascal Flatts song "Every Day", I think of each of you. The lyrics are as follows:

You could've bowed out gracefully
But you didn't
You knew enough to know
To leave well enough alone
But you wouldn't
I drive myself crazy
Tryin' to stay out of my own way
The messes that I make
But my secrets are so safe
The only one who gets me
Yeah, you get me
It's amazing to me

[CHORUS]
How every day
Every day, every day
You save my life

I come around all broken down and
Crowded out
And you're comfort
Sometimes the place I go
Is so deep and dark and desperate
I don't know, I don't know

[Repeat Chorus]

Sometimes I swear, I don't know if
I'm comin' or goin'
But you always say something
Without even knowin'
That I'm hangin' on to your words
With all of my might and it's alright
Yeah, I'm alright for one more night-

Every day
Every day, every day, every day
Every day, every day
You save me, you save me, oh, oh, oh
Every day
Every, every, every day-

Every day you save my life

The song is beautiful--the written lyrics certainly lack the beauty--but the meaning is still there. Each of you have literally "saved my life". "But you always say something without even knowin' that I'm hangin' on to your words with all of my might and it's alright yeah, I'm alright for one more night"--those lyrics sum it all up! That is what each of you do for me daily. And, I know you do this because you listen to God leading you to me. Prayers, calls, e-mails, text messages, Facebook messages, gifts--the list just keeps going. I am so thankful for each of you. I hope when you hear this song you will remember how much you mean to me and know how thankful I am for you and your support of me and my family. Know that I am always in prayer for you! Much love to you all! MK