When can you pull out the "C" card?

Well you probably shouldn't use the C card at all but sometimes it does come in handy.

What is the "C" card you ask......?  It is using your disease to pull rank on others or even to gain some special treatment.  Is that wrong? Yes it is but sometimes it just happens.  Not having hair makes this so much easier too.  You really don't have to say or ask for much, it just pretty much happens.  Here a few things that you could get if you play the "C" card;

Get seated faster in a resteraunt
Get moved to the front of the line in a crowded bathroom
Get moved to the front of the line at Disneyland rides
Get some one to carry your bags in from the car
Get your spouse to take you or pay for amazing vacation trips(Thank you   honey)
Get to eat whatever you want in between treatments
Get people to open doors for you

I know there are more but I just can't think of any right now.  Don't think of your disease as a burden, think of it as a bonus and be thankful you don't have to wait in that long bathroom line any more.

Just kidding, but I have noticed a little bit of a difference in the way people react to me when I am not wearing my wig....which is quite often.  I tend to forget I have no hair and I will be out and about and notice people kind of looking at me.  Then I  suddenly remember.... oh yeah I don't have any hair.  It has never never bothered me though.  I am not sure I will ever have a full head of hair again and that's okay. I have been looking at some other wigs just to spice it up a bit. Don't be surprised if we meet for lunch and I am a sassy red head.  I really have learned to love the freedom of no hair. I have kind of gotten of the subject but I have to tell you to funnies about the hair thing.

First, My BFF Suz and I were eating at Kona Grill. We were out on the patio and there was quite a breeze blowing. Suz was messing with her hair and rifeling through her purse. Then all of a sudden she starts laughing, and mean a hard laugh.  She finally is able to speak and says" I was going to ask you if you had an extra hair tie"  Well we both cracked up.

Second, Suz and I were driving up in Payson and we had the windows down. I could feel the wind on my face and my head. For a brief moment I had a thought that I need to put the window up a little because I didn't want to mess up my hair. I made myself giggle.

It is important to find joy in everything you do and everything you are.  Have a great day and be blessed and be a blessing. It feels great at either end.

Mortality........ when it becomes so real.

Yesterday was Madison Jacobs' pre-K graduation. A whole stage full of cute sweet innocent spirits ready to move on to kindergarten. Doesn't get any cuter than that.

While sitting there with my eyes glued on my Maddie that is when everything becomes so real.  In those moments you realize how fragile life is.  I can remember sitting with Judi on one of our typical Thursdays when we always got together and we would watch Cambria, who is now seven, roll around on the floor. We would talk about her growing up and when she would get married. Of course I would be there for that......or will I?  Wow I know I am not supposed to think like that but when you are watching your precious babies grow and move on you have to stop and wonder. What is the plan?  My plan is to be around to see Jordan grow up and see Ryan, Cami and Maddie graduate from college, high school and maybe even a marriage or two.

I am not sure what His plan is though. Again it is my job to be obedient and faithful and enjoy every moment that I am given as a special and wonderful gift.

To Ryan, Cambria and Madison
    I love you like you were my own grand kids and feel so honored to be a part of your lives. Thanks for so many memories and all the love you give me.
Miss Leslie

Write it down NOW!!!!

So the thing about writing when you get to be my age is that when you have a great thought about something WRITE IT DOWN !!! Learn to carry some paper and a writing utensil around with you at all times....even in bed.  The reason I say this is because not once but twice now I have had some really inspirational thoughts run through my head. I write in my mind and then I am to tired or am in the car and don't bother to write it down ASAP.  "Oh I can write it in the morning" I say to myself. Then when self wakes up the beautiful thoughts are gone.

BUMMER !!!!!

I had a wonderful time in Seattle with my son Jeremy, his significant other Jessica, Jessica's mom Kathy and of course my little man Jordan. What a special gift he is to me. We really had some great bonding time. He is at the age that he will start remembering me and the things we do together.

Also in Seattle I got to spend a little time with my dear friends Angie and Rob.  They are some of the nicest people and I miss them so. Then Jeremy and Jordan and I had breakfast with his friend Mike and his lovely wife Karen. The funny story about Mike and Jeremy is they were friends way back when Jeremy was in high school. We lived in California in a town called San Dimas. Mike and JB would hang out and as I found out recently and got in a bit of trouble here and there together. Then Jeremy moved up to San Jose and he and Mike  were there together too.  Jeremy moved up to Seattle after a couple of years and lost touch with Mike.  Thanks to FaceBook they reconnected and found out they only lived about 20 minutes from each other.  They have both grown up and turns out they are pretty cool guys.

Well enough jibberish for now. Hopefully I will remember some of those brilliant thoughts I had and be able to share them. If not we can only hope I have some more and I write them down!!!!!

Love you all !!!!! Have a blessed Sunday.

 

Wedding Hoopla

I read a few comments here and there about all the fuss over the royal wedding and how a few people were not interested at all.  I can understand that. Every channel was dedicated to this event.

I wasn't able to watch the actual wedding so I taped a highlight show. I just finished watching most of it.  WOW!!!! It was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.  After all this world has seen some incredible devastation the past six months or so.  This wedding to me is God's gift that there is still joy in the midst of trials.  This wedding is world history.  How often can you say you were alive when this or that happened.  We will be able to look back and tell our grand kids about the terrible earthquake that destroyed so  much of Japan and about a beautiful love story between two people.  It is a love story for sure.  To be in the eye of the public and still be so in love and not afraid to show it. To me that is courage and determination and shows they are truly deserving of their titles.

I am very grateful that I was able to watch this couple join as one and start a life together as royalty. It is so fairytailish.  Is that a word? Probably not.  So for me all the hoopla was very worth it.  It brought a joy to my heart that I won't soon forget.

I'm just sayin !!!!

Another blessed day

Well yesterday I had something totally different on my calendar then what actually happened and boy am I glad.  I had planned on going to a horsey thing. It would have been fun and informative I am sure.  But instead I spent the day with two of my favorite girls.

Cambria is seven now. I first met Cami when she was in her Mommy's tummy. Judi and Tim were our bible study leaders.  Judi was very pregnant and instead of listening to Tim I would stare at Cami swirling around in Judi's tummy. It was mesmerising. Cami was a very active girl already and she hadn't even been introduced to the outside world yet. We should have known. Cami has blossomed into a beautiful girl with an active spirit.  I know she will be something very special when she grows up.  She takes after her daddy for sure.

Then there is Miss Madison.  By the time Maddie was born Judi and I had developed a very very special relationship.  Even though our ages were to close to be mother and daughter ( I am very much older than Judi but I would have had to be pretty darn young to have been her mother) we had kind of that special bond a mother and daughter might have. I was very blessed to be in the delivery room with family when Maddie was born. All I can say is WOW!!!!  What an experience to see that brand new life right after she was born.  Even though I wasn't a blood relative to me Maddie was my third grand baby. 

Tim and Judi have an son, Ryan, who is now 10 if I can remember right. Ryan was 2 when I first met him.

So for about the first five years or so of the girls life I was like a grandma in tow.  Tim's mom lives up in the Northwest and came as often as she could to see the kids.  But for me, what an amazing blessing in my life.  For those of you who know me there are two things in this world that make me tick.  Kids and animals.  I am so grateful that Tim and Judi let me be such a big part of the kids lives. 

Yesterday was such a wonderful day. The girls were on their best behavior and we all had such fun.  Cami remembered to where jeans and boots so she could ride and ride we did.  Both Cami and Maddie rode little Minnie around and around by themselves.  I was so proud of them and my Minnie. What a special little horse she is. She was a gift from the very beginning.  Just one of those horses that takes such good care of her rider.

I am kinda blabbing along here but I just had to share my wonderful day with the girls. Just one of my perks in life.  Just a few more days and I will be with Jordan. Whew....... I will be on overload I am sure. 

I can hear a chicken outside having a fit.  I wonder what's up? I will grab some clothes and go find out.  After all the sun is up so I best be gettin to my chores.  That's country lingo you know.

Love you all !!!!!