Thanksgiving...

Thanksgiving was quiet, yet sweet at the Mark household this year. We usually spend the holiday in San Jose with John's family hosted by his mother and step-father, but since the passing of his mother changed all of that, we chose to stay home. Thanksgiving actually came upon us quite suddenly and we hadn't made any concrete plans as to which house we would be attending and at the same time, we had the usual obstacle of John having to work early the next morning. So we decided to stay home, all alone. Although that sounds sad, it wasn't. John loves to cook and has even brought up the idea of hosting next year so that he can do it all over again. We did miss the family, but we texted and called all day to keep in touch with everyone :)

Tomorrow starts my radiation journey. Although it's only two weeks, I'm not looking forward to driving across town every day for my treatment. I hope the time flies bye :) And of course I hope it doesn't hurt! I spoke w/my brother Jeff the other day and he said that Sheryl's brother (his brother-in-law Mike) actually works on the radiation machines and has offered to give me a tour sometime! I'm fascinated by how it all works, so that sounds like lots of fun. Anyway, he went on to tell me some interesting tidbits about the process and how although the doctors say there's a slight chance of injury to some of my organs, he says there's a slim-to-none chance of that ever happening. He says that they are so precise nowadays that if you happened to have cancer on the end of your eyelashes, they could actually zap that w/out harming your eye!!! Now that's incredible :) Just hearing that put me at ease...so thank you Mike!!

Peace to you all ♥ Love, Genie