PINK SATURDAY

IT IS ONCE AGAIN THAT SPECIAL TIME OF THE WEEK WHERE ANGELS

OF PINK GATHER AT BEVERLY'S... http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com

AND CREATE A BEAUTIFUL COLLAGE OF EVERY SHADE OF PINK YOU

COULD EVER HOPE TO FIND, ALL IN ABOUT 160 PLUS BLOGS.

PLEASE STOP BY AND TELL BEVERLY, OUR HOSTESS HELLO AND

SPEND SOME TIME VISITING THOSE BLOGS WHO LOVE THE COLOR

"P***I***N***K"

WHILE VISITING ALL THE BEAUTIFUL BLOGS OF PINK, PLEASE THINK

ABOUT JOINING THIS FUN GROUP OF WOMEN.

THIS IS MY AUNT'S PINK STAIN GLASS...SHE DESIGNED AND THEN

HIRED A STAIN GLASS ARTIST TO MAKE IT. IT IS HUGE: 4' X 4'.

IT HANGS ON HER HUGE WHITE FIREPLACE. THE FIREPLACE WHEN

SHE BOUGHT THE HOUSE WAS BRICK COLORED. SHE HAD IT PAINTED A

WHITE SEMI-GLOSS AND WHITE CARPETING INSTALLED...NO WAY

COULD MY HUSBAND, MY PETS, AND I LIVE IN A HOUSE WITH

WHITE CARPET BUT IT DOES MAKE FOR A BEAUTIFUL HOME.

IF I COULD INHERIT ONE THING FROM HER, IT WOULD BE THIS

STAIN GLASS. YOU CANNOT IMAGINE HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS IN

PERSON. IT IS HUNG FROM VERY STRONG CHAINS ATTACHED TO

BOLTS IN THE FIREPLACE. IT IS A VERY HEAVY PIECE.

SO VERY BEAUTIFUL. I LOVE IT. I LOVE STAINED GLASS. I HAVE SEVERAL

PIECES...MY FAVORITE HANGS IN MY PICTURE WINDOW OF JOHN THE BAPTIST

BAPTIZING JESUS....IT IS ALL DONE IN BLUES.

THIS IS ONE OF MY SWEET TEA POTS. THE PINK IS MORE IN THE MAUVE

FAMILY BUT SHE IS STILL PINK. SHE WANTED TO TRY AND IMPRESS

DANA'S STONE RABBIT.

I WANTED YOU TO SEE THIS ADORABLE POST CARD THE CAT CLINIC

SENT OUT REMINDING ANDY TO TELL HIS PARENTS IT WAS TIME FOR

RABIES BOOSTER. IT HAS THE SOFTEST PINK BACKGROUND AND SAYS:

SOME DAYS I COMMAND THE

UNIVERSE, AND SOME DAYS

I GIVE IT THE DAY OFF.

ANY ONE THAT HAS A CAT KNOWS THIS IS TRUE.

BUT I WILL SAY THIS.....THERE WOULD BE NO...NO...FERAL CATS IF

OWNERS ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR CATS...OR DOGS.

PLEASE HAVE YOUR CAT, DOG SPAYED OR NEUTERED. MY CATS AND DOG

ARE HOUSE PETS BUT ALL THREE HAVE BEEN NEUTERED.

THIS IS A NEW PICTURE OF AMY AND LEILA TAKEN ON MY FRONT PORCH

TUESDAY. LEILA HAS PINK CHECKS IN HER SKIRT AND TOP. HER THONGS ARE

PINK. AMY HAS A RED BELT AND RED THONGS. I WENT SHOPPING WITH

THEM AND IT WAS SO MUCH FUN WATCHING THEM GIGGLE. THEY HAD

SPENT THE LAST 4 DAYS TOGETHER. THEY HAVE ON THEIR BEAUTIFUL

NEW, NATURAL HAIR WIGS. THE WIGS ARE SO SOFT.

WE WENT TO DR. MEDINA ON MONDAY. WE LEFT THERE WITH A HEAVY

HEART. THEY FELT THAT AMY'S MASS IN HER NECK WAS POSSIBLY

ATTACHED TO THE JAW BONE AND THAT WOULD MEAN A VERY SERIOUS,

SURGERY WITH RECONSTRUCTION AND A TEMPORARY TRACH AND FEEDING

TUBE BUT THE MORE THEY TALKED, THE WORSE IT BECAME AS THE CHEMO

IS ONLY SLOWING DOWN THE CANCER...BUT WHILE WAITING FOR HER

BLOOD COUNTS TO BUILD BACK UP THE TUMOR BEGINS TO GROW

AGAIN. TO REMOVE THE JAW BONE IS QUITE SERIOUS TO GO THROUGH

AND DURING THE SURGERY THEY KEEP TESTING MARGINS AND IF IT

SHOWS CANCER THEY REMOVE MORE. AMY IS ONLY WILLING

TO HAVE SO MUCH REMOVED, AS WOULD I, BEING IN THAT SITUATION,

AND IF SHE IS NOT WILLING TO HAVE EVERYTHING NEEDED REMOVED, THEN

THEY WON'T PUT HER THROUGH THE PAIN OF REMOVING THE LOWER JAW AND

NOT BE ABLE TO REMOVE ALL THE CANCER AS IT WOULD GROW BACK.

THEY ONLY GAVE US A 20% CHANCE A YEAR AGO IF SHE HAD RADICAL

SURGERY, DID CHEMO, AND RADIATION. WE LOVE THE

LORD ENOUGH TO RATHER BE WITH HIM THAN LIVE A LIFE OF NO

QUALITY BY TAKING A BODY PART A PIECE AT A TIME. THEY TOLD

US A YEAR AGO SHE WOULD ONLY LIVE 2 MONTHS....THEY DON'T KNOW

BUT GOD DOES. I HAVE WATCHED AMY SUFFER WITH CHEMO AND

RADIATION UNTIL I HAD TO LEAVE THE ROOM AND CRY AND CRY.

I PUT MY HEAD IN THE PILLOW UNTIL I THOUGHT I WOULD SMOTHER

TO BLOCK OUT MY MOANS OF AGONY....SHE JUST MARCHED ON

NEVER ONCE ASKING WHY. JUST A SOLDIER DOING EVERYTHING BUT

HAVING A RADICAL SURGERY THAT WOULD LEAVE HER UNABLE TO EVER

TALK OR EAT AGAIN. SHE WOULD BREATHE THROUGH A

TRACH AND BE GIVEN FOOD THROUGH A FEEDING TUBE IN HER STOMACH.

HER AND LEILA BOTH STARTED CHEMO ON WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK.

LEILA GOES TO THE CITY AND AMY RECEIVES CHEMO IN OUR TOWN.

I TELL YOU PLEASE HUG YOUR LOVED ONE REAL TIGHT. TODAY

IS ALL WE HAVE. BATHE IN THEIR LAUGHTER, AND TATTOO THEIR

SMILE IN YOUR MIND. AND THANK GOD FOR THEM DAILY, AND

ESPECIALLY FOR THEIR HEALTH.

WAYMON TISDALE WAS A GREAT BASKET BALL PLAYER FROM

OKLAHOMA. I AM GOING TO DO A SPECIAL ON HIM TOMORROW.

44 YEARS OLD WAS GIVER PERMISSION TO GO HOME TO OUR

FATHER IN HEAVEN TODAY. JUST 2 DAYS AGO HE WAS IN OKC TO HAVE HIS

LEG PROSTHESIS REFIT. HE HAD LOST HIS LEG ABOVE THE KNEE TO

BONE CANCER. HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL SOUL INSIDE AND OUT

AND OKLAHOMANS ARE MOURNING HIS DEATH AND PRAYING

FOR HIS FAMILY.



"I WILL GIVE YOU BACK YOUR HEALTH AND HEAL THY WOUNDS,"

SAITH THE LORD.

~JEREMIAH 30:17



THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR SPENDING A PART OF YOUR DAY WITH ME.

I AM PRAYING FOR EACH ONE OF YOU AND YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS. NEVER,

EVER GIVE UP ON GOD, OR THE POWER OF PRAYER.

BLESSINGS

HUGS

debbie

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