Many of my "girlfriends" have asked me when/if I'm going to shave my head vs. letting chunks of my hair be added to Wrigley's all over the place, so the time has nearly come. Since I have my first chemo a week from tomorrow and my hair will fall out 2-3 weeks thereafter, I decided to call my hair designer Greg today, to make some plans. After laughing so hard at him (wait till you meet him, he's a riot!), boy oh boy, do we have plans for you. So this is the tease...save the date Friday, January 30th starting anytime after 5:30p and running into whatever time of night you wish to leave (I have 2 available beds for anyone from out of town who wants them...first come, first serve). The official invitation will be posted next Wed, but let me tell you...it's gonna be fun! So be sure to watch this blog for the official invitation next Wednesday! I just wanted you to know the date. I chose the date especially because my sister Carolyn, will be in town from Florida that weekend and I knew she would love being part of this.
Second, if you're inside trying to keep from freezing to death this Sunday, Jan 18th, tune in to CBS at 2p EST for a show about a national high school basketball tournament, airing right before the big football play-off game. It's our son Kyle's first production to air on one of the big-3 networks, but even better, our nephew Bryson (Ted's brother Joe's oldest) is the little kid playing basketball in the introduction and he's pitching hoops at Indy's downtown Athenaum...cool huh?
Atta girl Julie....stay positive and up beat about this....God is in control and He will heal you! For the rest of the family, I got this in an email the other day....think it is something you could all use to boost your spirits, it is called Choices.
ReplyDeleteJohn is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, 'If I were any better, I would be twins!' He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation. Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, 'I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time How do you do it?'
He replied, 'Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or ... you can choose to be in a bad mood I choose to be in a good mood.' Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or... I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life. 'Yeah, right, it's not that easy,' I protested.
“Yes, it is,' he said. 'Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life.' I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it. Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower.
After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.
I saw him about six months after the accident.
When I asked him how he was, he replied, 'If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?' I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place. 'The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter,' he replied. 'Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I could choose to die. I chose to live.' 'Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?' I asked He continued, '..the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action.' 'What did you do?' I asked. 'Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me,' said John. 'She asked if I was allergic to anything 'Yes, I replied.' The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity'' Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.' He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude... I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.' Matthew 6:34.
After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
Choose to believe what God says no matter what you hear. Choose to see God in the midst of whatever is going on. Choose to stay positive & upbeat. Lean on my faith if you need to dear ones.
I will definately check out the show to see Kyle's work!