Have a Merry Christmas

Chase is home now and we have enjoyed many conversations together. It is good to have the family around and just "being together". The boys do seem to do their own thing at times, but, they are both adults, so, we have adjusted. Buddy and I enjoyed our 23rd anniversary on the 21st! Chase is quite impressed realizing at his young age of 20, how hard marriages can be. I am proud of him in so many ways.
Our Christmas will be spent between our two mothers, Grandma and MeMaw, as both our fathers have passed away and we feel the need to spend time with our Mom's. The boys usually split up between Buddy and me. One will go with me to my mom's and one will stay with Buddy at MeMaws. Not sure who it will be this year. Whoever comes to Grandma's gets a wonderfully hung stocking from Santa though, and that is always exciting. :-)


After Christmas this year, all my men will be going down to New Orleans to work baseball camp at Tulane. I will stay behind with JD, my wonderful companion, because my back is not allowing me to handle the long drive. Maybe next year. I think JD and I will enjoy watching movies and eating ice cream together. Right JD? ;)

I am sure I will have some wonderful pictures to share after Christmas. Right now we are thankful for yet another clear MRI last month for Chase. We hope that the MRI's will go from every 3 months to every 6 months pretty soon. However, we know that we are blessed this Christmas with having him healthy and happy. Baseball is so much fun for him and this summer he will even get to travel with Team USA across the country and even into Japan and Canada. What an exciting time of life for him!

I continue to pray for so many more that are battling this awful disease called cancer. Please say a special prayer for Chase's friend Ashton. She had a recurrence and had some major surgery just last week. Now she is having to handle some decisions about her upcoming care. She is also 20 and attends UNC Chapel Hill. I can't imagine going through all of what she is going through, AGAIN! Then there is a special child who I have not ever met, Coleman Larson. He is a 5 year old boy who has a twin brother. Coleman has a brain tumor and his brother does not and their story is remarkable. They have a Carepage if you would like to follow his journey. Go to Coleman Scott Larson at this carepage. You may need to do a search for his name and then create a user name and password. Believe me, it is worth it, these boys are precious.

Merry Christmas everyone! I will be in touch later!

Judith~mother of Chase