It is truly amazing how quickly the weeks fly by. On the 28th, I’ll have my 6th month scan – 6 months will mark the day I had my stem cell transplant, July 31st. Of course, I like to think of it as my 7-month scan, because I had my first clear scan during radiation in June, and every month counts!

Thankfully, the holidays have really helped with keeping me distracted and busy, and that means negative thoughts are easier to keep out of my head. Jonathan and I celebrated 17 years of marriage on December 13th, our family of 5 had a joy-filled, thankful Christmas, and 2014 was happily said goodbye to with a light and fun celebration with my sister and her family. Although there is much to be thankful for in 2014, we, understandably, are looking forward to this new year.

I ask for your continued prayers as Jonathan and I head back to Houston in a couple of weeks. Please pray for safe travels, cancer-free scans and wisdom for my physicians (I’ll see my radiation oncologist & stem cell doctor on this trip).

As we move into this fresh, new, year, Jonathan’s and my goal is to live purposefully in the moment – less thinking about what’s next & what has already been. I pray the same thing for your family. We live in a really distracted world and each of us has only a precious number of days on this side of eternity. If you want to open your eyes a little to the value of a day, even a moment, take a few minutes to read Ann Voskamp’s blog post. It has inspired me, and Jonathan as well. It even makes this always-suburb-living girl crave a Canadian farm . . .  🙂

Thank you for your prayers.  Happy 2015!

A few Christmas photos:

New Favorite Song ~