Currently Listening This Is How We Do It By Montell Jordan see related

update

WE'RE GETTING MARRIED JANUARY 6TH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Missing in inaction

K, so, got leukemia.

September 5th went into the hospital, Sept. 8th found out I had contracted adult onset Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Basically your bone marrow starts to create immature white blood cells called blasts that pretty much just clog up your system and wipe out the rest of your blood cells.

So they did a bunch of chemo and I spent 3 weeks in the hospital.

Then I went into remission, good news.  Now I am doing outpatient chemo and it sucks.

Basically it still wipes out your red and white blood cells and your platelets and then you have no immune system and are susceptible to all kinds of random illness.

So I got a fever after my first outpatient treatment and had to go back to the hospital, so I just spent a week in there and ya know, it was worse than the first time.  The first hospitalization seemed necessary ya know, I was really sick and in pain, so of course I'm gonna be in the hospital.  This time just ticked me off cause I felt fine and then all of a sudden I had a drug induced infection that forced me to go back to the hospital.

The lifestyle impact has been more frustrating than the disease itself to be honest.  I'm not working, I spend minimal time in the gym, and I'm not supposed to even sweat a lot because I have this catheter pretty much hanging out of an open wound in my chest that can get infected from moisture......  Taking lots of pills, paying lots of co-pays....

I don't feel bad for complaining, yes I have my life, but this is all part of the process, I have to wade through the emotion and find a balance between me, the demands of the disease, and God. 

Doing lots of resting these days, naps are commonplace throughout the day as I get totally exhausted from doing a load of laundry.

Interested to see who happens upon my page after I haven't posted forrrrrrreeeeeeeevvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrr.

love ya'll

-D

Currently Listening Arriving By Chris Tomlin, Steven Curtis Chapman How Great is Our God see related

TO ALL TM ALUMNI:

REMEMBER THIS?

It was so energizing to read this article and remember the hype that surrounded their visit to ATF.  I am so hungry these days for new manna, for fresh spiritual soil to be tilled in my soul.  I want my memories to be prophetic, not historical.  His presence is that mysterious glow in the distance that tempts me, draws me.  It exposes the cold darkness that I'm walking through for what it really is, empty.  It's that glow that keeps me from giving up, that keeps me from forgetting.  It's my hope, my purpose, His presence.

Good luck to all of you as you forge ahead into the pages and chapters to come in your life/lives.  Although the dynamics of our relationships have changed, I pray that always, in some capacity, the Lord maintains a connection between us that creates an availability, a vulnerability, a love that resonates through the remainder of our lives here on earth, challenging us all to live a life that draws closer to Him on a daily basis, as we did in those little.....tiny......really small......miniscule dorm rooms.

Currently Listening Sexy Beast By Sexy Beast see related

C'mon people.......seriously...........I see more of a resemblance in

In conclusion, with all these hot men pictured above, I thought it only fitting to take us all back to Dalen's original mass distribution of THIS.  You, my friend, are a sexy thing!

ENGAGED!!!

the pic below is our FAVE.  We had it taken at our favorite restaurant in Denton, Hannah's.  We go there every time I'm in town at least once, and we like to get dressed up for it.  They have a killer duck dish and the desserts and ambience are the things four hour dinners are made of.  During dinner this trip we talked a lot about the future, potential career paths, where we wanna live, etc.  It was great to really explore some of the options.  We've been looking forward to this since we started dating almost 32 months ago.  We've been waiting for the right moment to move forward, wanting to bring cultural credibility to the deep commitment we have made to each other.  We are so thankful to the Lord for His perfect timing and bottomless reserve of wisdom.  We've always had peace when we needed it, and He has been faithful to assert Himself in our hearts, leading and guiding us down the path of His will and perfect plan for our lives.  The long distance thing has nooooot been easy, but we have drawn from it great strength in communication and conflict resolution.  God has developed in us a deep appreciation for the little things, the small romantic gestures, the hand-written letters, the "good-morning" phone calls that keep the fire of affection burning even from 3000 miles away.

I think this is the one (below) that should be on all of our engagement/wedding invitation communication.  I LOVE IT!, but I don't think it would go over so well with the Mom's.

WE'RE GETTING MARRIED!  YEAAAAH!