A little of this and that~

It has been a busy few days, it is always busy in our household!  3 kiddos under the age of 5 years old-Yup there are days where I want to pull my hair out, or there are times where I sit on the couch and am dog piled on with 3 sweet faces whom I love more than anything.  Parenting is very much a give/give situation, as a young girl and young teenager I never really understood how my parents could make it all work.  How they worked multiple jobs just to put food on our table, and now in my mid-thirties I GET IT!  You do anything you have to, in order to provide even if it means you not getting that new bathing suit or pedicure.  As long as our kids are happy and well fed, well taken care of...Well the rest is gravy isn't it?  I reflect a lot at night, about what I could have done different that day, did I lose my cool with my trio?  How can I make tomorrow better? Thoughts like that...As a parent I am sure we all have those thoughts don't we?  I wake every morning thinking what can I do to keep these babes busy for the day!!??  Lately we have been dealing with summer rain showers which has kept us inside more than I would like, so on Friday I woke up early and decided we would take a trip to the movies!  The earliest showing they had which was 1045am, we would see "Malificent".  I was afraid a tiny bit that it might be too dark and too much for them BUT 55.00 dollars later the movie was a success!  No accidents, not scared, enough junk food to make them happy campers and all in all it was a total success.  Everyone was happy coming out of the movie and tomorrow the weather is calling for more rain so after church we are either going to see Captain America or Spiderman.  Either one is fine by me, I am a comic book junkie-yup I openly admitted that!  Then I will make a nice family dinner and prepare for the week.  This will be the week that my treatment plan FINALLY comes together, so that I can begin to plan and make time so work is aware and so I can get mentally ready.  Physically I am ready, I am ok with pain.  I can handle that and with help from family and friends I will be ok.  I am ready, Tuesday will be my last set of scans and Thursday my team of Dr's will make a solid treatment plan and make it happen. 

Let's get this cancer out of my body! 
I..AM..READY..

New blog, New look, New OUTLOOK on EVERYTHING!

So I created a new blog, new name, and a fresh outlook I suppose!  I hope to reach readers that can relate to having young multiples (children), navigating that arena, also in light of my new Cancer diagnosis I hope to find others out there that might be dealing with the same, have battled the same, survivors, support, etc.  I will be honest- I am embarking on a new journey, a journey that is scary as heck, and besides my very small local support unit, all family and friends are rather far away.  Their kind words, prayers and thoughts are very helpful during this nervous time, but I need to be able to read others stories, because as much reading and research my mind will allow I have had to STOP reading about my diagnosis so much.  I have a great team of medical professionals, some of the best on the East Coast. I am confident that they will help navigate this situation with me and help me beat this!  With that being said I had decided about ten days ago to STOP letting this ruin me, I was angry, sad, depressed and quite honestly a mess to put it mildly.  I was in bed a lot when I was not working and that is not me in anyway, shape or form.  I am the mommy who is always caring for my trio, taking them out to the beach where we all find peace and the ability to enjoy the beauty in front of us.  I am the mommy who cooks, albeit not always so delicious I give it a huge effort.  I am the mommy who is always playing with my kiddos and lately I simply stopped doing that, I stopped living after my first surgery nearly a month ago and well....NO MORE!  I have been trying to get back to my normal ways, and this last week or so has been awesome despite everything.  This past weekend we decided it was going to be a "family weekend".  We went to the beach, we went to a small amusement park and rode rides with our kiddos, laughed so much our stomach's hurt, and I cooked every meal every night.  Big, delicious meals, that included t-bone steaks, chicken, and this week I have a few new recipes that I plan to make. Next Tuesday I have my final scans at The University of Alabama-Mitchell Cancer Institute, then Thursday the team will meet, and map out a very detailed plan of attack so to speak.  As of Thursday or early Friday morning next week I will have my surgery scheduled and chemotherapy, etc. planned out as well.  I am ready...I am ready to get this first part taken care of, getting this cancer out of me and then attack the next hurdle.  With God, my family, my friends, my church family beside me I know I am going to be good.  I encourage you to follow this new blog-it will entail everything of a normal life and then some!  Having 3 kids so close in age is anything but normal or quiet but a blessing none the less!

Thank you all for reading, encouragement and support is key.
~S