The Digital Dad

This should be on an All-American postcard. Title: Life is good.

My mother-in-law was diagnosed with leukemia a few years ago. It’s been a struggle with ups and downs. They were very aggressive when the time came for chemotherapy. Of course chemotherapy itself brought along a slew of additional complications but with time, medication, and prayer all of the symptoms have been curtailed.

This past week she underwent a bone marrow aspiration, an extremely painful procedure similar to a bone biopsy useful in diagnosing bone diseases such as leukemia. Lo and behold, her oncologist found no signs of leukemia anywhere! It will be several years before she’s pronounced in remission, but this is the first sign of her victory over cancer. And in this family, cancer victories are extremely rare. So we’ll chalk up another Christmas miracle and thank God for our blessings. They are truly greater than we know.

Closer and closer. And with every passing day preparations get more and more frenetic. We’re foregoing the traditional “Christmas in Louisville” foray in lieu of a hosted Christmas on the homefront. The little guy’s 3 now, and it’s time we started having Christmas at home. He needs to have Santa Claus make deliveries to his house, to play with his new toys in his room. Not have to pack everything up and drive home. Of course, that also means we’ll be Clark W. Grizwalding it with the in-laws on the scene. I had to make a halfway trip to Beaver Dam yesterday to pick up the first load of presents. And as feared we’re still waiting for some shipped presents to arrive, hopeful they’ll make it in time. 11 days til Christmas and already I need a drink. Bring on the egg nog!

Happy Birthday Liam! We were so excited so many of our friends and family were able to celebrate Liam’s birthday with us. For those of you who couldn’t make it, here’s a little something to make you feel like you were. Click on the Photos link up top to visit our family gallery for pictures from the event as well as all of the other adventures we’ve shot.

Liam (now 2) just called for Daddy to come see his star. Imagine my surprise to find a perfectly drawn star on his MagnaDoodle. (Okay, not perfect, per se, but perfect to Daddy.) He had been playing alone In his room and came up with this all on his own. I didn’t even know he knew this shape! Totally amazed.