...the cancer is back...

just got word today that the biopsies were + for cancer cells...

please pray

2012 !!

Wow, where to begin! Its been quite a while since I've posted...last year, to be exact. This is just a short update on how things are going around here....

Life is hard right now... My husband is the most wonderful man in the world, works hard and loves endlessly. The kids are all doing well, keeping up with schoolwork and laughing lots. Honestly, sometimes we sit stuck at the dinner table with six giggling children. As for me, well, its been a struggle. Cancer just wrecked my 'planned' life...
I'm still adjusting to the hormone changes(lack of that is) and trying to get back into the swing of a cancer-free schedule. I'm having trouble with swelling in my left leg and my feet! the bottoms of my feet !! Some days are harder than others. There are the moments when I simply want to give up, when I think I can't take it anymore. Crying is my most constant emotion these days. I'm on some kind of rollercoaster in my mind...making me weary. I'm sad and don't know why? depressed-but what about?

I have to constantly remind myself that life is precious. A good friend told me, "if you wake up in the morning and are breathing, today has a purpose". I'll admit the fear of cancer returning to my body - is terrifying. Its easy to let anxiousness build up inside, let it consume my thoughts and somewhat control on how I live out everyday life. However... Life can't be put on hold because of fear and worry. "Which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life's span?" Jesus asked this in Luke 12:25. Its plainly stated, so why do I do it? God is always and forever in control of all and He promises never to give us anything we cannot handle. Sometimes I just want to see the BIG picture... but then that exposes my lack of trust.

I will go back for my 3 month check-up later this month... that floods me with a multitude of emotion...Praying for good words as life moves on...

new fabrics are posted!! look on fabrics page!

pressing on

i can say without a doubt in my mind, that i am thankful. thankful for my family who surrounds me with love, for a Heavenly Father who loves me unconditionally. there's a certianty of knowing life itself is a blessing. this road has been long and hard, nobody could have prepared me for what i went through. no amount of words can describe the external and internal pain of having cancer, some things just can't be explained with such ease. now that my journey is at its end, another begins. the path of recovering from this seems to me a strange one to take. from the moment i was told the cancer had completely left my body, i knew a miracle had been preformed. there is no other explanation, God healed me and took my sickness away. and like a solider returning from a war-trodden country, i am settling back into the world of health i once knew. fighting the cancer was truly a physical, emotional, and spiritual battle. and as i heal from the hard times, i know that He will hold my hand, like He has always done and forever will do.

...ports and important things

Monday: surgery: taking my port out: please pray all to go well! Thank you

more important news...

celebrated Esther's 6th birthday on November 3rd!!

will celebrate Adeline's and Madison's 18th birthday this week!!

Cancer Free !!!!

...now 'that's' POPPY DIP!

thank you Lord!!

Pumpkin Patch at the Ring Farm

My VERY Best Friend!

So Thankful For My Montie

update: done with chemo: awaiting my PET Scan on the 27th: gray/white/silver/dark hair about 3/8" tall now: sewing again: THANKFUL for life today

Fabric is in the 'shoppe'!!

take a look on the' fabrics ' page.... custom orders welcome!!

6th one!

Thursday.... my last... 6th chemo treatment

Last SALE for TEAL....sold!

These Two POPPY DIP Dresses are NEW both SOLD!! ~ as these are the last of my TEAL fabric stash ~ called Wild Thyme !! $25 each + $5 shipping ~ I'm busy gathering a few autumn pieces and CHRISTMAS ~ planning to post all of them on my fabrics page after my 6th ~ last~ chemo treatment ~ this is on the 29th of Sept.... so you'll be able to custom order around the first part of October!! Thank you for your many prayers and support... ONE more....

mini sale! all sold! thank you!!

NEW POPPY DIP DRESSES ready to ship to YOU!! ALL SOLD!! THANK YOU!! left to right ~ Frolic Dots 24 mo SOLD ~ Frolic Fall Stripes size 2T SOLD!! ~ Garden Party size 3 SOLD!! ~ London England TEAL Paisley size 5 SOLD!! ~~~$25 each + $5 shipping ~~~Contact button at top!

2 TWIRLS sale!! both SOLD!!

top left LouLouThi Butterberry 13 1/2"SOLD ~ Flolic Flowers n Stripes 10"SOLD!!

NEW SALE: TwirlS $25 each ($5 shipping) .... the length is posted measuring waist to hem... then you send me her waist and I'll make it custom fit! : contact me at top

TEAL wheels n spokes size 6 sale SOLD

NEW POPPY DIP long sleeve dress $25 + $5 shipping... SOLD!! thank you

keep watching...more mini sales this week!!

Razzle Dazzle TEAL size 4 size 5 sold!!

NEW POPPY DIP DRESSES ready to ship to YOU!! size 4 Long sleeve SOLD!! size 5 short sleeve SOLD!!$25 each + $5 shipping Contact button at top! THANK YOU... watch for Wednesday's dress!!