A New Year

It has been such a long time since I wrote on here - am going to try and do better this year.

Everything is going great with me right now - had a good visit with oncologist about 2 weeks ago - he thinks everything is going great so I feel good about that.

The holidays were good - I must say that most of the time the holidays - for me - are a bit of a strain and I don't look forward to them. Probably I put too much emphasis on the wrong things - trying to buy the perfect gifts, trying to make everything just right - instead of just enjoying the time with family and friends. This year I tried to do just that - enjoy myself.

We went to Destin this year for Thanksgiving with Sarah and Whit and his parents. Had such a nice time - very relaxed - different - but good. I wouldn't want to do it every year - missed seeing my family - but once in a while is good.

Christmas kind of stretched out this year - Sarah and Whit were here for Christmas - then they had to head to Chattanooga for Christmas with Whits family - I know it was hard for them to divide their time and hate they had to drive all over the place to be with both families but they didn't seem to mind. We just had Christmas with my side of the family and it was good - kind of nice to postpone it a bit - didn't seem like everything happened at once and then was over. Missed seeing Christopher and family any time over the holidays - wish we weren't so far apart. They plan to come to Nashville the first weekend in February and we will spend time then with them. Looking forward to that.

In two weeks Mike and I are leaving for St. Lucia for 12 days!! It can not get here fast enough. The weather has been so yucky - cold cold cold so going to where the temps are 85 everyday will be wonderful.

Hope all of you had a special holiday and that it was whatever you wanted it to be.

I promise to keep in touch -

Stephanie