Salve - Hello

I know it has been forever since I have written but so much has happened since I last wrote that I thought it was about time to share again.  Surgery went well and they were able to repair my broken ducts so that bile could stop pouring through my body, I have begun helping some friends to open a new business called Turning Point Mental Health Services (more about that later), Kevin has joined the working world and will soon be moving out and Alex has applied to G-Prep.  Wow that's alot and believe it or not there is still tons more which has been going on but the best part is that my relationship with my Heavenly Father just continues to grow and He continually showers me with many blessings.  I am truly loving working with the single-mom's ministry at church and of course am loving my newest class @ Gonzaga.  Business Psychology for the Leader, it is completely fascinating and I am currently working on a Psycho-analytical biography of Helen Keller as a leader.  What an amazing woman and optimist, her life truly gives me encouragement and hope.  I was able to attend the Women of Faith Conference last month and that too was like everlasting water for a parched and dry soul.  I have recently made contact with a friend from my childhood and it was so much fun re-connecting.  Going through her friends list was like a who's who from my past.  I look forward to beginning the friendship anew...now back to Turning Point.  I am truly blessed to be able to be in a position to help these three courageous Eastern Washington graduates begin a new and arduous journey of being business owners and counselors.  I will be given the chance to do some teaching myself in the areas of single parenting and chronic illness, help with networking and marketing as well as to give back to the community who did so much to welcome and take care of the boys and I when we were in desperate need.  How awesome is that!  With two of my best friends I am currently reading a chronological Bible everyday in hopes of examining the scriptures together on a more consistent basis and also to set a good example for my boys and others.  My great grandmother Mamo, long before there were handy tools, read the entire Bible through every year since she was a young woman herself and it inspired me to begin that tradition which will hopefully be a long standing tradition for my family and myself for many years and generations to come.  I am currently feeling pretty good physically.  As usual with this illness, I have good and bad days and the only time it get's me down too much is when there are too many consecutive bad days which luckily up to this point is not too often. I have slowly begun to walk again on a more consistent basis and have begun to track my daily food intake again but have to admit that going back into the gym seems a pretty big mountain to climb.  So please keep it in your prayers that I can tackle that climb soon so that I can once again begin to lose the weight which is needed for successful placement on the transplant list.  As Helen Keller so eloquently puts it, although the world is full of those suffering it is also full of those overcoming it...Make it a great day and I truly hope to chat with you all again very soon...