For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴ I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
¹⁶ Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be. Psalm 139

I am so grateful that God is in charge of my days. He has numbered them and they are in his hands. I don't need to be anxious or frightened.

Snow - mmmmm. Hopefully it will be clearer by the time I need to go to dialysis. It is a concern that we get snowed in as I can't miss many dialysis sessions without become very ill. Please can you pray that we don't get snowed in.

My hospital visit went well yesterday although I do have an area of my scar which is oozing. Hopefully this will clear up by itself and won't need stitching. I have my follow up appointment tomorrow at 10.00 and will get the pathology results and the surgeon will check everything is healing correctly.

We are waiting for a phone call from the cat protection who have checked our house and now will let us know when we can visit some kittens to chose one. Hurrah! We are all set up for a kitten and very excited to be having a new member of our family.

Yesterday was wonderful. Everything seemed to go very well. The food was yummy and the company great. Everyone got on well and the house was full of chatting and lego making! By the end of the day I was a tired but happy bunny!

Today the house feels very quiet. Thankfully only 3 weeks and everyone will be home again for Christmas. Hurrah!

I am off to the hospital this morning to get my wound checked. It is a bit oozy. This involves leaving at 8 for a 9.00 clinic. Ho hum!

Lovely day yesterday filled with laughter. We had a wonderful thanksgiving meal.

Today brings engagement party. Not sure how we are all going to fit in our house! It will be cosy. I am looking forward to spending time with Debz's family and sharing the excitement we feel about the wedding.

I am off to start the cooking hopefully with the rest of the household soon!

Our busy weekend has begun. Josh and Chloe arrived home last night. Debz and Dan arrive today. We shall have a full house - lovely. I love the noise and the chaos that happens when everyone is here.

Dialysis with Josh, Debz and Chloe - lovely. We will probably get into trouble for making too much noise!

Then home for a turkey supper - thanksgiving for all that we have. Josh, Chloe, Debz and Dan then out for a celebration with friends.

19 for lunch tomorrow - yippee!

What a beautiful morning - although I am very grateful to be looking at it from my warm bed!

I am gearing up for a busy weekend, hoping I will have enough energy to enjoy it. Chloe and Josh come home this evening. Tomorrow we will be joined by one of Josh's friends who I am looking forward to meeting. We will be trying to get the house into some sort of order before Sunday when there will be 19 of us for lunch to celebrate Josh and Debz engagement whilst also having dialysis. mmmmmm I am looking forward to the weekend greatly.

Today I am seeing a friend for coffee and hoping to direct some cooking!!!

The healing of my surgery continues nicely. I managed to sleep slightly on my side last night - much more comfortable.

We continue with the thanksgiving theme as it is Thanksgiving in America today. At the weekend I will have my family with me so we have bought a turkey to celebrate. I am so grateful for the way the children have dealt with all this, standing alongside us as we travel this journey. It hasn't been easy and I am aware it has shaped their lives significantly. But I am so proud of them.

Yesterday was a bit of a non day. I was very frustrated that I am not better. But when I read others experience of mastectomies I realised that I am doing very well. It is just hard to start getting better after chemo and then be back to feeling sick again and not having the energy to do what I want to do. I am in a better place today.

I saw a friend yesterday from school and it was lovely to hear news from there. I am missing school and looking forward to being able to go back. I am hoping to go in to visit next week.

Happy Thanksgiving to all

Beautiful scene outside my bedroom window of the early morning light and the moon. I so appreciate the world we live in and the time to observe it. Life is wonderful.

Yesterdays dialysis went well. I managed to earn some money while lying there! I filled in a questionnaire about drug packaging which was great fun and filled in some of the time.

I am so wanting to be well and feeling impatient this morning that I don't have more energy to get on with things. However I continue to be amazed at the lack of pain and so thankful. It aches and I have twinges but it is fine.