Sunday, July 16, 2023

Sunday, July 16, 2023

Tonight's picture was taken in July of 2005. Mattie was three years old and we were on a family vacation in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. This was once a very special place for us and I am so glad we shared it with Mattie. 

Quote of the day: Some roses grow through concrete. Remember that. ~ Brandi L. Bates

Though I got up early, I tried to make it a slower day for my parents. Despite the fact that my dad is on steroids, he is wiped out and my mom seems to have constant gas pains and is having trouble eating. So overall it is quite a picture here. In addition, I wrapped my dad's hand and arm up like a mummy so he won't touch the infected areas from mosquito bites. As I remind him, he is his own worst enemy. Since my parents slept later today, I was able to get some Foundation work done, and not feel like I was on a treadmill this morning. Of course that calmer feeling never lasts long in my house, and I have been working around the clock for the rest of the day. 

The one blessing with this house is I have more space to bake and cook. When we were living in the townhouse, I had to be so creative with storing things. Sometimes I was so creative, I couldn't find anything. But things are organized in the house and finding my muffin tins and mixer are super easy. As my lifetime friend, Karen, is coming tomorrow, I made banana chocolate chip muffins for her. 

I also baked homemade brownies. My recipe uses dark chocolate and olive oil (no butter), so we shall see what Karen thinks. 

Despite it being a super hot day out, Peter and I went for a 3.5 mile walk. We are both couped up in the house all day long, that we don't care what kind of weather it is, we need to escape! What saddens me is that Sunny is unable to come with us. He can not manage long walks anymore. I am not sure if that is due to his age or being on chemo, or both. 

On Friday we learned that Sunny's cancer has metastasized to his liver. We have stopped the chemo he is on and we are trying one more type of chemo starting on Monday. The goal of course is to stabilize the cancer. Sunny has been in our lives for six years and ironically it is hard to remember life without him. He is my buddy and has added happiness into our world, which wasn't easy to do.