365 Days for Astro and a World of Guilt.....

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Then:









Basically she's lost some weight but is happier and more active than she's been in all of her 15 years!




So July 24, 2008 marks one year ago to the day that we found out about Astro's cancer.

God has been good to us. I didn't think we'd get a month, let alone a year.

In fact the closer it got to Christmas, I asked God many times to let her have one last Christmas with us.

Now I know I should have been praying for one more Christmas with my Mom.

I'm so sorry Mom.

I will take the good with the bad though, because we're having an Astro Party on Sunday. I'm making her a cake with all her favorites on top: Peeps (Yes, I still have some!) Skittles, and Sunkist fruit chews. We'll be happy for a little while.

A lot...

There's a lot I want to say. Not sure where to start.

My heart hurts.

For Shaun

As she enters surgery, I pray that they get it all, i pray her skin graft will be small, i pray she has no complications. I love you sunshine. you fight, real hard!

And, just so she can laugh, I embarrass myself with this: