Welcome back and counting my blessings!

My life has drastically changed in the last 9 months, my married life, my personal life. These changes are of course, on the whole for the better.  But I did have a few changes that made me aware of other peoples struggles in life. From my parents health struggles and me living so far away. To physical changes, I lost quite a bit of hair during my medical procedure. I was talking to another lady who had the surgery the week before me. I was telling her that it was kind of freaking me out. She said, I know and then started describing massive hair loss problems. I wasn't having it nearly as bad as she was. So I stopped complaining. There are 2 ladies in my ward who have had cancer and lost their hair. They were sweet to me and shared some little secrets with me. My hairstylist was also helpful. But I did loose a patch of hair right up front. I was able to do the little secrets and felt good about my hair.

Well it grew back, welcome back old friend! My hairstylist even says it is a bit more curly than the old stuff:-)

Mike and I go out bike riding a lot. We go out on Saturdays and see lot's of couples out exercising together. It makes me happy that we aren't at home sitting on the couch. We are out enjoying this beautiful world God gave us.

Mike ran into a "bump" in the rode on one of our rides:-)

He is so cute in his biking clothes!

He rode 90 miles yesterday, he is training for a 105 mile ride next week. I think he has it covered!

I told Mike I wondered if he would still have a midlife crisis, or if our surgery and outcome would keep it away. I think 99% of men go through some sort of mid-life crisis, but they all handle it differently. Mike had a mentor who told him years ago that it hit him. It messed him up for a short time, but then he turned to his wife. He said, I just need to re-invest in my wife. I was always glad he had talked to Mike, hoping that when the time came for Mike he would handle it well. When I told Mike what I was thinking that maybe this surgery would avert it, he said he thought mid-life crisis came on because men weren't happy with their careers and lives. Mike said he was very happy with it all. So who knows maybe we averted a "crisis" in our journey together!:-)

My parents health isn't great, but they are on a good road. I realised that my life had some pretty extreme stress for months. but for the last few weeks things have calmed down. I have so many other friends going crazy right now trying to keep up with life. I'm not saying this to jinx anything, just to count my blessings. Life has let up, I know it is a blessing from Heavenly Father, and right now I'm stopping to smell the roses!

Very Good Changes!