ALOHA
Hooray, Hooray its the 1st of May!
And we are still in paradise, (and never want to leave here)
Once again I sit here in complete contentment listening to the waves crash on the shoreline that is about 6 meters from the balcony where we sit.
This place is stunning…beautiful hardwood floors, huge windows that open out to the warm air, a gourmet kitchen…marble and granite…views that would knock your socks off…it is gorgeous!
And to top it off we are here with the most amazing people ever…We are having a great time.
Logan is having her ups and downs but overall she is eating MUCH better. She is good at knowing her own pace. She eats slow and takes breaks.
She is can only handle staying in the sun for a short time and then comes in to seek shade, well that and so her and Auntie Diane can kick Reid and Jared’s ass in sequence. Sequence is a great game and it is is going to be a new addiction in our house and the clinic. It has provided hours of entertainment on this trip.
Logan went boogie boarding with me yesterday. Who knows what her counts are- who cares.
The swells were huge and after she got over the worry of sharks eating her we headed out.
It was a blast! We laughed so hard, and we got pummeled by so many waves that both of us had so much sand in our WOOHOO’s. We had to strip out of our bathing suits off in the ocean and rinse them out. It was fun. So much fun. Fun like we haven’t had in a very long time and although I knew it probably wasn’t the smartest thing (one week post radiation- low platelets) I didn’t let the worry consume because the fun was worth any risk that we had to take.
Belly laughter- the kind of can’t catch your breathe laughter doesn’t happen much around our house anymore but yesterday Loggie and I laughed so hard that our stomachs hurt. She was so weak from laughing that as the waves continued to crash her into the sand and she couldn’t stand up she just laughed even more.
Seeing her happy, alive and here, was worth every worry- every crappy radiation treatment, all the sleepless nights, surgery and medication it took to get here.
Brody has also tried to boogie board, and loves the ocean. He is content, not ‘bratty’ as we call him at home and relaxed.
Jared and Reid have taken to afternoon football on the beach- cold coronas close by.
Auntie Diane is keeping us all well fed (love her) by puttering in the kitchen and making trips to the local fresh market to get ingredients for all her amazing meals. Me, I loving laying in the sun reading my book. I wish these days would never end.
We are off to the Aquarium in a few hours and then on to pick up Chris at the airport. Logan chose the aquarium as the one thing she wanted to do on this trip and she is thrilled to be going.
It will be another great day in paradise.
I introduced the crew to mojitos yesterday…(a hit!) So we have a new drink. Things couldn’t be better.
We are so very aware that this trip is a gift and we are trying our best to seize every moment. It almost feels a bit like borrowed time- we know and appreciate that we could NOT have been able to do this. We know that so many people worked really hard to make this come together for us and we want you to know we are not taking any of it for granted.
Thank you.
We so needed this.
I am trying so hard to take in every moment, to smell every smell, to feel the warm breeze and to etch this carefree feeling into my mind so I can remember and strength from it when we get home and the year of chemo starts.
