I ate solid food today! ( well, sort of. It was really overcooked Ramen noodles. I was so happy I could just have danced all over the room - if I hadn't worried about the nausea thing coming back. That means the tumor is shrinking already! And BEFORE my esophagus swells from the radiation! WOOO HOOO, the chances of me not having to get a portacath or a feeding tube just jumped through the roof!

At radiation today, the group was talking about how fast radiation seems to go once you get started on it. I don't know about that one yet. It seems like I have been away from my boys forever  and a day and it has only been a week and a half. I miss them so much. I just comfort myself in knowing that once I get better they will have to PRY me away from my boys at their mission farewells/college send offs/weddings.

To my 10 year old~don't worry dear, I will hang around you so much you will beg me to PLEASE stop  LONG before you reach your 16th birthday - watch and see!  I do love and miss you my son. Now go do your homework! ( OK, maybe not so secret of a message, but I gave you a message! : D  ) I love you!

 daniel and his mommy when he was 3 years old