WOW!
Happy New Year
WOW what a year 2006 was, we had quite a roller coaster ride of every emotion you can imagine:fear, sadness, happiness, love, anger, joy, but most of all hope. The lowest of lows and the highest of highs, its been a journey along a path that we have never travelled before, and do not know were will end. We have learned so much in this year past, like how kind people can be, how precious the here and now is, to make every moment count because we only travel this planet but once. I know I'm getting kind of mushy here but it's all the truth, you don't know what you really have until it's almost taken away from you. This lesson I will never forget as long as I live. I have been blessed with an incredible wife and two amazing daughters that have made my life a true dream come true, I love them with all my heart and soul.
Now for 2007, we are already planning some of the fun stuff we want to do together especially lots of camping. Shania can't wait till her central line comes out so she can go swimming again and both her and Shannon love to go fishing, then finnish the day off enjoying each others company around the camp fire making schmors and burning marsh mellows. Also lots of day trips like Niagra Falls(were we got engaged),Wonderland,the Zoo,Mount Nemo, ect...
Hopfully Shania's home to stay, she came home Friday and had to go back for blood tests sunday and today. Her blood counts are still hanging in there, so now she is in isolation at home, but can go outside which she made the most of by going to the park and having a swing ride. It's funny how the littlest of things can mean so much when you go through something like this, I enjoyed pushing her and Shan on the swing, it was nice to do this together again, just simple stuff but it means so much. Shania is eating better everyday, but is still quite weak from the muscle loss. She will start taking vitamin A in a couple of months for three months, this helps her cells mature and die off. We also look forward to putting our full effort into Shania's Sunflower of Hope now that she is getting better by the day. We have 300-500 bracelets to make for the www.rideforkaren.com which is run by the Tobias family in honour of there mother who had breast cancer(another incredible Karen from what I understand) she was a great believer in hope as does Shania also. They sponsor hundreds of kids with cancer to go to camp each year. Karen and I would like to thank the Tobias family and freinds for the support they have given our family it means so much to us. As I said in the last blog Shania has been busy planning out the Fun Fair in April and also we are going to have a plant and perrenial sale in June. Next up is to get her bracelets onto her website so that everyone can order them through there, so we have lots of fun things coming up and look forward to the year ahead.
Again we can't thank all of you enough for the kindness you have shown our family, it definitely has helped us to get us through this and made it into something positive.
Sincerely
Shayne,Karen,Shania&Shannon.
WOW what a year 2006 was, we had quite a roller coaster ride of every emotion you can imagine:fear, sadness, happiness, love, anger, joy, but most of all hope. The lowest of lows and the highest of highs, its been a journey along a path that we have never travelled before, and do not know were will end. We have learned so much in this year past, like how kind people can be, how precious the here and now is, to make every moment count because we only travel this planet but once. I know I'm getting kind of mushy here but it's all the truth, you don't know what you really have until it's almost taken away from you. This lesson I will never forget as long as I live. I have been blessed with an incredible wife and two amazing daughters that have made my life a true dream come true, I love them with all my heart and soul.
Now for 2007, we are already planning some of the fun stuff we want to do together especially lots of camping. Shania can't wait till her central line comes out so she can go swimming again and both her and Shannon love to go fishing, then finnish the day off enjoying each others company around the camp fire making schmors and burning marsh mellows. Also lots of day trips like Niagra Falls(were we got engaged),Wonderland,the Zoo,Mount Nemo, ect...
Hopfully Shania's home to stay, she came home Friday and had to go back for blood tests sunday and today. Her blood counts are still hanging in there, so now she is in isolation at home, but can go outside which she made the most of by going to the park and having a swing ride. It's funny how the littlest of things can mean so much when you go through something like this, I enjoyed pushing her and Shan on the swing, it was nice to do this together again, just simple stuff but it means so much. Shania is eating better everyday, but is still quite weak from the muscle loss. She will start taking vitamin A in a couple of months for three months, this helps her cells mature and die off. We also look forward to putting our full effort into Shania's Sunflower of Hope now that she is getting better by the day. We have 300-500 bracelets to make for the www.rideforkaren.com which is run by the Tobias family in honour of there mother who had breast cancer(another incredible Karen from what I understand) she was a great believer in hope as does Shania also. They sponsor hundreds of kids with cancer to go to camp each year. Karen and I would like to thank the Tobias family and freinds for the support they have given our family it means so much to us. As I said in the last blog Shania has been busy planning out the Fun Fair in April and also we are going to have a plant and perrenial sale in June. Next up is to get her bracelets onto her website so that everyone can order them through there, so we have lots of fun things coming up and look forward to the year ahead.
Again we can't thank all of you enough for the kindness you have shown our family, it definitely has helped us to get us through this and made it into something positive.
Sincerely
Shayne,Karen,Shania&Shannon.
posted by Shania's Sunflower of Hope at 3:25 PM
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