too crazy for words

no, I am not talking about Sarah Palin.
I am talking about cancer.
I am not going to get too detailed, because frankly, it's too weird and it's too painful to dredge up certain memories from the recent past and write about them. Suffice to say, my girl has some, and she's been getting treatment for a couple months now. She's half way done with her course of chemotherapy, and life and reality feel so different that it's like being in The Twilight Zone (TM).
Neither of us has faced anything like this in our lives before, and despite all the many images that are brought to one's mind when one sees or hears the word "cancer," we are remaining positive, strong, as healthy as possible, and focusing on healing and our love for each other. We're gonna get through this, and the only way through it, is to do it! (TM)
And since we decided we don't want to define ourselves in relation to this disease, I will be blogging about things other than the cancer...because there are so many other things in life that help make up who we are.
Having said that, I want to say that everyone that has helped and supported us through this will never be forgotten. You know who you are, and your thoughts, prayers, deeds, wishes, and love have been invaluable to the healing process. Thank you so much, from deep deep down, deep in the gut. THANK YOU!!!


So, just last weekend we got to dogsit Winston again. He is a lovely dog that was saved from the streets and nurtured back to health by our buddy Matthew Fass, and it's always a joy to hang out with Winston. He's like the Robin Hood of the dog world; he's a rowdy fellow but he's good-natured at heart. He likes to play rough, but all in the spirit of fun. He's a dog's dog. Also, he's living proof that rescue dogs aren't necessarily "problem dogs;" he gets along with other dogs, humans, everyone and every thing (except maybe squirrels). So if you're planning to get a dog...please get a rescue!!! Save a doggy life like Winston's was saved! OK, that's it for today's public service announcement. Now for some cute pictures...