The adventure never really ends. I came back to America and have been experiencing kind of a lull in my life. Nothing extremely exciting to look forward to and a lot of uncertainty of what I should do with my life. Well guess what guys! My mom has cancer! It's Choroidal Melanoma, a form of skin cancer, in the back of her left eye. It's a very rare form of cancer. Apparently only 6 in a million get it. Good news though is that it's highly treatable and there's a 97% chance that they can get rid of it entirely. That bit of news is probably one of the main reasons I'm not freaking out and crying in a ball on the floor.
In all honesty though yesterday was a bit tearful for pretty much everyone in my house. As much as we know that she'll be fine and recover and still be our loving and amazing mother it's still stressful. She'll probably have to be induced and have the baby early in the hospital and then I'll be in charge of baby Norman for 5-7 days while mom has radiation treatment. I think that's the hardest part for mom and me. She'll be away from her newborn babe and I'll be in full responsibility of that babe. Luckily our friend Sarah will be out here and be able to help us and after that my grandma is going to come and help while mom recovers.
And as much as we've had a difficult 24 hours so many people have reached out to me, mom, and dad with love and promises of prayer and fasting and offers to help with anything we need. It's truly a blessing and I know my parents may have already said it a little bit but thank you people for all of your love and support. It's amazing to be reminded of how many people love and care for my family and specifically my mother.
Anyway let's move away from this depressing topic and onto something a little more cheerful.
Monday the day before we found out about mom and her diseased eyeball we had a family fast and made the spontaneous decision to take a family day trip to Philadelphia.
So we did just that. We got there around dinner time so we headed to Reading Market for dinner.
And after that we visited the temple grounds of the Philadelphia temple. Even though it was just the grounds of the temple I love the peace and comfort the temple brings. It's a wonderful place.
So we drove 6 hours to spend maybe 3 hours in a different state. We're the pro day trippers. You may think we're kind of crazy to do that but we tend to do it quite often. It's fun.
With mom having cancer I've been a little uncertain of what I should do with my life. I feel if I left in March like my original plan I might feel guilty for leaving people. But you know I think the lord works in mysterious ways, as all the scriptures say. Meaning it's a good thing that I didn't get my visa. If I had I'd still be in Spain while my family was going through all of this. Instead I get to be with my family. As much as mom having a baby and has to be treated for cancel immediately afterwards is stressful, she should recover quickly. If we're lucky we'll hopefully be able to return to our normal every day lives fairly quickly. I'll still be able to go out and live on my own but still be able to support and be with my family when they need me. It's just amazing how everything works out. At least that's what I'm telling myself to keep myself happy for the time being. Anyway sorry for this really bummer blog post. I'm applying to be a traveling nanny with this family who is traveling the world for a year starting in July. I don't think I'll be chosen considering they probably have hundreds of people applying already but you never know where the world may take me! It sure would be an amazing experience! I have no doubt about that!
Well next time I post I'll probably have a new baby brother. Till next time!
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