Here is my latest attempt to keep Casey from scratching his cheek all night - hahahha.  He looks like the Michelin Man!  The recipe?  Two hand towels and duct tape!  Necessity breeds invention.  I think it's working because his cheek is better today.  He's such a trooper - he doesn't even mind.  Fell right asleep with them on.  Kind of stared at them for a bit, but didn't get them much of a second thought. 

And this next picture is my dear friend Kerry who came over today to pamper me.  She knew times have been tough and brought a tablecloth, ribbons, candles, lunch - and served me well.  Then she gave me a foot massage!  Now that's service!!  As you can see, Casey liked the foot soak as much as I did!

We always have such good talks.  Today we talked about speaking "life" with our words rather than "death" with them.  I am guilty of verbalizing all the negatives and by doing so, often dig myself into a deeper hole.  So that's my lesson for today.  So instead of giving a litany of what we're going through - I will simply say that my friend took the time to haul a footbath over to my house, set my table, light candles, bring me lunch, and pray with me.  I feel loved and appreciate her efforts so.  Oh, it helped that Casey said his first word:  "MA-MA"  Yahoo!  Everytime I put him down and he'd start to cry - he'd look up at me and say "ma-ma" "ma-ma" through his tears.  So today, life is good. 

love, Shawna