Eli's Team has reached 50% of our goal of $7000!! I am so thrilled...thanks to everyone who has donated. If you haven't donated and you really want to....go to

www.active.com/donate/tntsc/elisteam

As I sit here this evening all I can really think about is how very fortunate we are. I know that sounds a little silly when you consider what we are going through with Eli, but unfortunately I am in this "cancer world" now and I see what is going on....a little boy in California whose Mom is doing amazing things without chemo with prayer and other things (the child had horrible complications due to the chemo)...a three year old in Texas who was diagnosed about the same time as Eli and is having bone issues already as a result of treatment (between the steroids and chemo some kids have thinning bones) His mom is really wrestling with what the future will hold in terms of complications due to the treatment....and finally, a little two year old girl in NC from South America who has relapsed a second and final time.....her mother is having the hardest of times....and these are just the ones that I know about. WE are soooo fortunate. I know that we WILL have more difficult times ahead with all of this, but hopefully I will be able to gain strenghth from the now.

Anyway, I didn't write all of this to bring you down...actually the opposite if you can believe that....take stock in what you have today....give your kids that extra hug even if you are in a hurry. Take time to read that story...AGAIN...children are such a gift from God to bring such Joy into our lives....take the time to take it from them.....

Sorry so sappy....John is out of town so I have lots of time to think at night!!LOL!!

Thursday is our clinic day...our weekend was great...weather is great here....

Thanks for checking in.

Maria

I am thankful for my kids...