Monday, September 29, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Carli set up a wedding site:
mywedding.com/carliandjeremy
It is fun, tells their story, etc. It is fun doing the wedding planning...we now have a caterer, but no florist yet. Have some ideas in mind...if anyone has suggestions, please let us know!
Carli and I had dinner together Friday night. She mentioned that she is doing a research paper on the Epstein Barr virus and Hodgkin's Lymphoma. She said that she didn't realize until doing this research how serious her diagnosis was/is. Her staging (IIIB) was very life-threatening and she didn't really realize it! She said that it was probably good that she didn't realize it, because then she would have been even more stressed out! (duh...I just wish I would have been like that...would've saved lots of gained pounds and sleepless nights). She also didn't really realize the toll that chemo takes on your body...her chances of heart attack and respiratory problems are much greater now. She also mentioned that her chances of getting leukemia in the near future are high...that is one that I don't think that I knew, and might have been better off not knowing! She remembered that her chances of getting pregnant might be affected as will going into early menopause.
How do you handle this at age 22?? I am at the same age as my mom when she was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer...and I don't know how she handled that so well, either. Many tears shed in private for both of them, I am sure. Carli stays so upbeat and positive, but I could hear the fear in her words. "Cure" does not mean all certainly be well. Keep praying for her and Jeremy, especially as they are trying to plan where they will be in the future...depends on getting into PT school...
Tara interviews this week for specific positions at the James Cancer Center at OSU. God placed her there in the first place, so I am sure that He has big plans in store for her!
Kelsie is coming home for a few short hours to go try on bridesmaids dresses..Fun!!
mywedding.com/carliandjeremy
It is fun, tells their story, etc. It is fun doing the wedding planning...we now have a caterer, but no florist yet. Have some ideas in mind...if anyone has suggestions, please let us know!
Carli and I had dinner together Friday night. She mentioned that she is doing a research paper on the Epstein Barr virus and Hodgkin's Lymphoma. She said that she didn't realize until doing this research how serious her diagnosis was/is. Her staging (IIIB) was very life-threatening and she didn't really realize it! She said that it was probably good that she didn't realize it, because then she would have been even more stressed out! (duh...I just wish I would have been like that...would've saved lots of gained pounds and sleepless nights). She also didn't really realize the toll that chemo takes on your body...her chances of heart attack and respiratory problems are much greater now. She also mentioned that her chances of getting leukemia in the near future are high...that is one that I don't think that I knew, and might have been better off not knowing! She remembered that her chances of getting pregnant might be affected as will going into early menopause.
How do you handle this at age 22?? I am at the same age as my mom when she was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer...and I don't know how she handled that so well, either. Many tears shed in private for both of them, I am sure. Carli stays so upbeat and positive, but I could hear the fear in her words. "Cure" does not mean all certainly be well. Keep praying for her and Jeremy, especially as they are trying to plan where they will be in the future...depends on getting into PT school...
Tara interviews this week for specific positions at the James Cancer Center at OSU. God placed her there in the first place, so I am sure that He has big plans in store for her!
Kelsie is coming home for a few short hours to go try on bridesmaids dresses..Fun!!
Monday, September 22, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
It is so much more fun to post things when it is good news! Carli found out this week that Grove City will give her a "W" for withdrawn instead of the "F" that was on her transcript. She withdrew from her chemistry class in the spring of '07 after the withdrawal date...and the other classes let her make things up but she couldn't with labs/chemisty, so they were going to give her an "F". She fought this fight by herself, Ted and I didn't go to GCC this summer and complain...so I am proud that she stuck to her guns and got the decision reversed! Now her GPA looks much better for applying to PT schools. I am so thankful that GCC looked at the individual case, instead of just following policy.
She is trying hard to make her essays and cover letters look good without overplaying the "cancer card". She really wants to get in a good program...keep praying for her!
The wedding plans are moving along...still have to find a caterer and florist. The date is August 1. It is fun to plan and see what she and Jeremy are planning. Looks like a good time. I wish that we could invite the world! It will be such a celebration!
Also pray for Todd and Tara...am not sure if all of this financial turmoil will effect Todd and his job at Merrill Lynch. He hasn't said anything yet, and Tara said that he doesn't seem stressed...so maybe things will be OK. Tara is loving her rotations at the James Cancer Center, and will have to bid on which position she wants next week. She has seen some amazing things...many hurting and disfigured people, but she is really feeling like she made the right choice by working there.
Kelsie is loving her business courses...don't know whose child she is :)
She is trying hard to make her essays and cover letters look good without overplaying the "cancer card". She really wants to get in a good program...keep praying for her!
The wedding plans are moving along...still have to find a caterer and florist. The date is August 1. It is fun to plan and see what she and Jeremy are planning. Looks like a good time. I wish that we could invite the world! It will be such a celebration!
Also pray for Todd and Tara...am not sure if all of this financial turmoil will effect Todd and his job at Merrill Lynch. He hasn't said anything yet, and Tara said that he doesn't seem stressed...so maybe things will be OK. Tara is loving her rotations at the James Cancer Center, and will have to bid on which position she wants next week. She has seen some amazing things...many hurting and disfigured people, but she is really feeling like she made the right choice by working there.
Kelsie is loving her business courses...don't know whose child she is :)
Monday, September 1, 2008
After 2 days of looking, trying on what seemed like hundreds of dresses...Carli found a dress!!! It is very beatiful and very Carli. It will be fun to plan this wedding...here we go again!! Ted was right when the first words out of his mouth when Kelsie was born were ... "three weddings...."
Now the fun will be to find bridesmaids dresses to fit a variety of girls.
This really was a great weekend with everyone home...the empty nesters still like to have the kids around.
Now the fun will be to find bridesmaids dresses to fit a variety of girls.
This really was a great weekend with everyone home...the empty nesters still like to have the kids around.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
More Good News!
It is so nice to get more good news...Carli's chest x-ray was clear!!! And the amazing thing for her is that Dr. Stallings says that she can have an x-ray instead of a CT scan in 3 months. No "the nasty" for maybe 6 months!!
Carli and Jeremy are trying to figure out when and where to get married...so many choices...some here and some in Michigan. Will be interesting to see what they decide. If money and time were no option...it would probably be on a beach somewhere!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Carli's Engaged!!
What a whirlwind weekend we had...I have known for some time that Jeremy was going to propose...I had seen the ring, etc...I'm surprised that he kept it a secret!! He planned a romantic day at the Dunes in Michigan (they were up there all week helping at Camp and doing fun things and visiting his family)and then came back to a picnic dinner on his parent's pontoon boat and candles lighting the way on the Camp pier...which is where they met...and where he got down on his knee to propose...
She was surprised, and was surprised when Ted and I showed up to greet them when they returned to the Braun home. We had a great weekend there relaxing and enjoying the Braun family.
The ring is very beautiful, simple, just what she wanted. They are both still grinning from ear to ear! No date for the wedding as of yet...maybe next August...which will be Ted and my 30th anniversary!
What a difference a year makes...continue to pray...she had a chest x-ray on Monday, and will see Dr. Stallings tomorrow. She is feeling good, and will return to Grove City College on Sunday. Kelsie returns on Saturday. It will be hard to finally be empty nesters.
She was surprised, and was surprised when Ted and I showed up to greet them when they returned to the Braun home. We had a great weekend there relaxing and enjoying the Braun family.
The ring is very beautiful, simple, just what she wanted. They are both still grinning from ear to ear! No date for the wedding as of yet...maybe next August...which will be Ted and my 30th anniversary!
What a difference a year makes...continue to pray...she had a chest x-ray on Monday, and will see Dr. Stallings tomorrow. She is feeling good, and will return to Grove City College on Sunday. Kelsie returns on Saturday. It will be hard to finally be empty nesters.
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