Sunday May 31.......

Charmaine is feeling very good this morning. So glad to be home and feel normal again.

Yesterday afternoon our Sunday School class at church was having a cookout at McIntosh Reserve just passed Whitesburg. It was outside so I decided to take her to it. This was the first time since the chemo rounds started that she has been in large group of people. It was under a large pavilion and I was very careful to seat her upwind from everyone. It was a bit hard for all of our old friends not to touch her but they all understood. It really did her good to get to do this and just feel normal for a while. The food was great and so was it to see all our church friends again.

I think I over did it a bit on giving her too much of the wrong foods there. She had a short round of being sick when we got back and was tired but I think ok now. Just from eating on a tender stomach I hope.

If you have never been there you should take your family and kids. It is like a state park setting and very beautiful. It has a small area for kids called sprinkle and splash with water fountains for the kids to run under and play. The shoals on the river are breath taking. It is only about 15 minutes from hwy 5 and 166 to it.

I can't begin to tell you how wonderful it is to see a normal expression on her face and to see her eyes twinkle again when she smiles. We have today and 2 more full days before we start again.

Thanks for caring.

Sam