Tears are falling quite easily these days!  I am receiving such wonderful compliments as I begin to say goodbye to my students and my colleagues.  I will be heading to my LAST chemo treatment on Friday and will begin my leave after the following week.  I have been preparing my students for my leave and they are such a wonderful group of students.  They make me laugh for so many reasons but today it was because 5 of them refused to leave the classroom when our time was up.  They said they were protesting and wanted to stay with me for as long as they could!  They have also begun to leave me presents.  The cards from the parents are so supportive and complimentary of me.  I read one card and cried because it said "...you have not only taught the students math but also life lessons they will take with them."  I love being a teacher and have always tried to show all my students why math is fun and help them to learn to love learning.  To hear that this journey has also impacted these students in a positive way because of how I chose to go about living even through all the treatments. 

Life is going to change for a while soon.  After I recover from this final treatment, I will head off to getting ready for surgery and then have surgery sometime in early June.  It will be a change for us but I look forward get through that part of this journey!

The girls are the ones I am most worried about! I am seeing some anxiety rise from them all as they try to understand what is going on.  Sarah is constantly in a bad mood and is struggling to sleep through the night or even sleep well when she does sleep.  Lindsey asks a lot of questions as she tries to understand what will happen to mommy now.  Katelynn does not like to talk about it at all!  She would rather ignore it all or just be concerned about whose house she goes to during this last treatment Friday.  I will look forward to the day I can give them back their normal! 

I am a bundle of emotions and working on taking all the compliments everyone is giving me!  I am struggling to make sure everyone knows how thankful I am for all they have done for me!  You are all part of the reason I have made it this far and doing so well!  I am a person who needs people around me to keep my strong and those of you who have helped me are so very special to me!  Thank you!!!