Saturday, June 10, 2006
Monday, May 23, 2005
Sunday, May 22, 2005
Math Olympiad - Thank you Catherine!!!
We always loved going to Miss Catherine's every week, when we couldn't go anymore, because of chemo treatments etc., we really missed everyone-our extended family! Do I smell popcorn???? :-)
If you don't recognize those "bunny ear" fingers over Joshua's head, they belong to Collin Hickman :-) 
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The boys first limo ride :-)
I am so grateful for the people at the Make-A-Wish foundation & the staff at Best Buy in Towson, Maryland! When Christopher had some not-so-pleasant things to deal with, I could divert his attention to looking forward to his wish for a gaming laptop computer. His Make-A-Wish day was a very special day, and since then his computer has been a lifesaver when waiting for appointments, the waiting in small rooms for a doc, or to be admitted, then while as a patient :-) It's made a huge difference in his life :-)
Cynthia Kammann, during a visit to Sinai, taught us how to play 5 Crowns :-)
Thank you , Cynthia, for opening your heart & home to us!
We enjoyed many wonderful times with the Sobus-Slaw family.
Christopher, Milton, Jean, Mana, Gabriel, Joshua & Leon :-)
Joshua, Master Kevin Agahi, & Christopher- November 2004
Before the diagnosis in September, Christopher & Joshua were ready to earn their Purple Belts in Taekwondo, at Wildelake Karate, but with all the surgeries & chemotherapy treatments, he was unable to physically participate in the Belt Testing. Master Kevin Aghi, who had watched them grow over the past year & a half, knew that both boys were ready & saw all that Christopher had gone through, in his wisdom had Joshua test for he & his brother. Joshua had to do extra things during the test, in order for he & his brother to earn their Purple Belts, because Christopher had to also use inner strength to get through the things placed before him to handle. Joshua did a fantastic job & earned belts for both of them! I am so proud of both of them!
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Joshua seems to pick things up so easily.
Seen here with his piano teacher (& other mother :-) Marjay Contwor & her son Nevin (Joshua's other brother :-) She taught him piano & was a "home base" when Christopher & I had to be at Sinai.
We are so blessed with our wondeful angel friends, who have become family :-)
Friday, May 20, 2005
I AM SO GRATEFUL!!!
A Year of Great Transition
This seemed to be a year of great transition for our family
from boyhood to young adults
from a town house to our first single-family home
from Maryland, our home of 15 years, to Tennessee, their father's childhood home
having our first single-family home started being built, in Tennessee, before receiving a bone cancer & metastasis diagnosis of our eldest son. Then 8 months into his therapy, working with his brother & the seeming problem with his upper left thigh, sudden loss of weight & then bone cancer diagnosis, biopsy etc..
from being a mom, homemaker, homeschooler, working my home-based business, studying MicroCosmic Science, and the books from the Saint Germain Press, to add to the list; nurse-maid & care giver, learning more than I ever wanted to know on the subject & procedures.
When hanging bags of fluid become a too familiar sight, we keep our attention on the "Presence" of God within us, & go on.
from knowing we have a great homeschooling community, to actually experiencing full power of the the community rising up to embrace us, in a time when we needed it the most.
The kindness of others has touched us so very deeply, we will carry that love with us forever & hope to always remember, to never be to busy to give it to others!
If not for the "Presence" of God within us, our wonderful Learning Community, & other precious souls sent our way, I wouldn't even want to think about how this past year (2004-05) would have been.
We are so grateful!
From Teresa Rose, Christopher Corey & Joshua Kyle Stevens - Thank you!!!!
from a town house to our first single-family home
from Maryland, our home of 15 years, to Tennessee, their father's childhood home
having our first single-family home started being built, in Tennessee, before receiving a bone cancer & metastasis diagnosis of our eldest son. Then 8 months into his therapy, working with his brother & the seeming problem with his upper left thigh, sudden loss of weight & then bone cancer diagnosis, biopsy etc..
from being a mom, homemaker, homeschooler, working my home-based business, studying MicroCosmic Science, and the books from the Saint Germain Press, to add to the list; nurse-maid & care giver, learning more than I ever wanted to know on the subject & procedures.
When hanging bags of fluid become a too familiar sight, we keep our attention on the "Presence" of God within us, & go on.
from knowing we have a great homeschooling community, to actually experiencing full power of the the community rising up to embrace us, in a time when we needed it the most.
The kindness of others has touched us so very deeply, we will carry that love with us forever & hope to always remember, to never be to busy to give it to others!
If not for the "Presence" of God within us, our wonderful Learning Community, & other precious souls sent our way, I wouldn't even want to think about how this past year (2004-05) would have been.
We are so grateful!
From Teresa Rose, Christopher Corey & Joshua Kyle Stevens - Thank you!!!!
I had a lot of other photos I wanted to add, but since the move, haven't been able to locate them :-( To all those not pictured, you are always with us - we are so grateful for you too!
