This week has been a test for me to see how I would do in more stressful situations... I think I passed!!!

Valentine's day meant candy and kids to me instead of love, roses and dinner  AND I loved it!  All weekend I was planning and getting ready for the Valentine's party for Katelynn's 4th grade class.  I was able to gather all the necessities by Monday morning and had so much help from other parents which was a HUGE help!  We worked on a few projects during Monday evening and Tuesday morning but was not too stressful.  I worked on Tuesday and then started on my Valentine's party marathon by stopping to get the ice cream for the party.  I picked up Keith and the twins and we made our way to the school.  The party was an awesome success.... I even had the class next door join us because my dear friend Kim was stressed out over what to do with the kids.  Everyone had a BLAST!!!  The fun was not over though....
The girls still had dance classes which began at 4:45PM for the twins and ended with Katelynn's class finishing at 8:15PM.  We took a break in between to have dinner at home and say good-bye to Keith as he left for work.
Life did not slow down the rest of the week... I had a workshop to go to on Wednesday which meant I left in the morning as Keith got home from work.  Then on Thursday the girls did not have school because of parent teacher conferences so the twins got their chance to visit my school and see what mommy does at work.  I realized they had never gotten to see me in action.  They loved seeing what Kindergarteners at my school do.  Finally it is Friday and I am heading into work for our teacher institute.  I am beginning to work on getting up earlier and more importantly getting ready earlier since life next year is going to be quite a change as I go back full time!!!

WOW!  I am still astonished that I have all of the energy to do all of these things and even more of the normal things I did not even list!  It is surreal for me to think back to what a year ago looked like in my life!  I was nearing my lowest of lows by this time!  The chemo was taking such a toll on my body and all I could do was count down to the end!  Now I am living for each day and all it brings to my life! 

I am also growing spiritually which is amazing!  My girls are the reason I am able to say this!  They were craving more from church and so we spread our wings to find a church that makes children and their needs a priority!  The entire family is so happy each Sunday morning as we get ready to go to Sunday School and we have so much to share when church ends.  I was in tears after the first visit to realize that my children were missing so much for so long!  It is such and uplifting experience each week. 

I do need an extra nap this weekend but I am so glad I have made it through this week as well as I have!  Life is so GOOD!!