John Deere Blanket

A stay at home day today.  Visited my dad in the afternoon.  Stayed home in the morning and evening.  Had great intentions to finish the latest blanket i'm working on.  John Deere print fabric on one side, green/yellow checked fabric on the other.  While working on this, and reading the many NEWS sites I enjoy that I've filtered through Twitter - Wikileaks, New York Times, Alternet, BBC News , The Economist , etc I also had the 2001 movie "The Man Who Wasn't There" running on the television. With all the media surrounding me, I did manage to make more headway on the blanket.  

 It isn't always easy to stay inside when I am alone.  And sometimes, it isn't always easy to be outside - out and about - when I am alone.  It's a 'mood thing' that's settled in - ... again.   It doesn't phone ahead and make a date to visit. The 'mood thing' has always been there, but I'm able to not let it defeat me.  I know to surround myself with good people.  I know to keep myself involved with things.  I have a deep faith in God that stirred within me even as a very small child.

Someone asked me the other day when we first found out about Bruce's cancer - Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)  - it was February 22nd, 2010.  I was sitting at the office- (this time it was The Harbour office), when Bruce phoned with his blood test results. ...

"Chronic lymphocytic leukemia affects people in different ways. Usually, its progression is slow, and some people survive for many years even without treatment. In others, it may progress more rapidly and earlier treatment may be required."   

We're doing okay through this.  It doesn't defeat us.  It's always there though.   But each day of life is a precious thing.  Today with +30 C summer temperature, I spent that precious time visiting my dad, working on a John Deere Blanket, talking on the phone with Bruce, and being with myself.