A Melancholy Day

While today is the first day in a while that I woke up to sunshine and a warmer temp (well, mid 40s anyway) the news from 2 fronts today has been sad.

I heard about Lisa from The Primative Needle during my lunch time.  I was browsing the the posts on facebook and saw the news article.  Such a tragic death and my heart goes out to Lisa's family and friends.  We've lost a special designer in the needlework community.

I also heard from my SIL, Sandy, this morning in regards to Nicole (my nephew's wife) who is fighting Leukemia.  She has already been thru a month in the hospital for her first intensive chemo treatment.  She was released with her counts good and was ready for a rest and some quality time with her husband and son (who just turned 1 last Thursday) before starting the next round of aggressive chemo.  She went back into the hospital yesterday with elevated counts (where they were when she was first diagnosed).  They were starting her chemo today and will also be doing the preliminary tests for a bone marrow transplant.  Her 2 siblings will be checked for compatability and if they are not candidates they will go directly to the Bone Marrow Registry for a donor.  In Sandy's words..."Right now we all feel like we're on a runaway train and there is no way to get off."  So much stress going on with all of them right now.  And I worry about remembering to get my PT done everyday for my thumb.  Sure puts it all into perspective.

Now that the afternoon is waning, the sun is hiding behind the clouds again like it has so much of the past few weeks.  Kind of reflects the mood in my heart right now.  Time to give my worries over to Him who watches over us all.