See it all around you...

As Valentines day quickly approaches I wanted to send out my love to everyone, who visits here.

Our family has been overwhelmed by true kindness. Family, Friends, and Strangers have shared their love with our family in many ways. I've been privy to seeing the best of people in these last 6 months. It's like I've been given a special glasses that allow me to see kindness. I see raw emotions, I see caring, I see love.

The love that people have shared with us, has kept us moving forward, and has made us fight. When days are long, and tiring, we are able to stand tall and remember the crowd of people who stand behind us, the people that have our backs, who send their love, and prayers. Thanks for continuing to stand with us.

A man that is worth mentioning: Greg. He's a sentence of his own. He's my rock. There isn't a day that goes by that he doesn't make me laugh. He's one heck of a dad, and a husband, it doesn't get better than him.

Connor: He completes us. Greg and I chose the name Connor because it meant "much wanted". Connor also means "strong willed". Both of which are completely accurate.

Do you remember Valentines when you were in first grade?
Connor was able to participate in Valentines party on Friday. Do you remember painstakingly signing cards for everyone in the class, rushing around to put your cards in the the appropriate "Valentines Mailbox", dumping out your bounty of greatness, admiring each card, who it's from, whether or not there was a special heart, special sugary sweet, or message on your card that made it extra special ? Then, taking your loot home and re-admiring each one again... and again ? It's truly magical to experience Valentines through the eyes of a 6 year old.

Tomorrow: share your love, your hugs, your laughs, your kind words and share stories about those you love. See love all around you.

"You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly" -Sam Keen

Connor had a Boys night out with Greg. Connor's choice? Chinese food for dinner. He came home with extra fortune cookies (SCORE!).

Connor was able to visit his class at the end of the day on Friday. Those 1st graders crack me up. One is funny, but a whole classroom of them can be hilarious. They were pumped up to make their Valentines "mailboxes", remember those days?

We were so fortunate to be able to spend the weekend with our friends in Seaside. It was so nice relaxing, and doing fun family activities. Sunday was beautiful and we were able to get out on the beach. Thanks to Nikki's Dad for letting us borrow his metal detector (that was awesome!!), we found a large booty of bottle caps!

We had a delicious meal at Norma's Ocean Diner in Seaside. This was the same Restaurant that we visited with our family in December. Connor fell "IN LOVE" with their chocolate cake dessert. We even picked up a slice the next day on our way out of town with my family. We had the biggest surprise at the end of our lunch: Our whole tab was covered. The waitress wouldn't provide any details, just that the bill had been "taken care of". The kindness of people truly continues to amaze me, and it reminds me to take the opportunity to pay the kindness forward.

Connor's blood counts went down again this week (It was a little unexpected since he is on his last week of his "Break", but the doctor assured us it wasn't uncommon). So here's to hoping his blood counts are back up for his overnight Chemo Stay on Monday.

Connor's working hard on his physical therapy exercises. Yesterday was gorgeous here, and he was able to get out and ride his trike.

How my son makes my heart melt: "Mom you are the prettiest girl I know"
Connor on dating: "Mom, I don't know why everyone is embarrassed to say they have "girlfriends", I have lots of friends that are girls.