Just picked a quick couple photos to post....more later

Mr and Mrs Dane Smth are back in Bend

WEDDING DAY!

AUGUST 28ND HAS ARRIVED!

IT IS THE OFFICIAL DATE

THAT WILL GO INTO THE RECORD BOOKS

OF THE NEPTUALS BETWEEN

CHARLY LYNN WILLARD

AND

DANE MICHAEL SMITH !

MAY THIS DAY ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FONDLY

WITH ABUNDANT LOVE!

Power in Weakness

I am not too sure what happened to yesterday... let's just do this, forget about it and be thankful for a new day! I am up and eating watermelon and feeling renewed with new hope. I am so lucky there is a family member here in my cozy room with me at all times. Mike can do a lot of thing besides run a weed wacker, lawn mower and roll up hoses! Just had to give him the opportunity!

The RN's here are teaching Mike, Lyndee, and Paul how to deal with the new-fangled machines that pump nutrients and pain medication at regular intervals without our even having to futz with them unless the batteries run low or the bag needs to be changed. They are making every effort to get me to that wedding!!


My vanity will have to find some car window to make a soaring exit out of between here and California! My skin just drapes over my bony arms and legs. I worry about the whispering and the "poor thing" comments... I think I will survive them this way, ....repeating this scripture "My grace is sufficient for you, My power is made perfect in weakness." I hope you see God's light shining through my paper-thin bones and a love filled -shawl of contentment draped around me! And finally, a radiant smile that beams for my little big boy who has grown into an intelligent and teriffic man and is marrying the love of his live!

We Gather Together

I am going to post a lot of photos this morning! We had a delightful get-together at Debbie and Mark's last night... lots of reasons to be smiling... Mike, Dane and Charly are here from Oregon, Steve and Mary Sue are here from Hood River, Jacy is all packed and ready to make the drive to University of Oklahoma for her first semester of college...she leaves tomorrow! I am no longer in the hospital and am at peace with my health care and living situation... My baby sister DanaLynn and her favorite little guy Sammy joined in our little party, my handsome nephew Greg was here from Tucson and Jacy's bff Emily joined us too ... Okay, enough intro (and poor punctuation) ... on to the photos!

Lessons...

So, About This Journey I am on…

It’s revealing amazing compassion
from so many people, in so many ways.

~It’s opening hands of love~

It’s helping me to recognize we all need one another
I need you.

~It’s opening arms of love~

It’s teaching me to appreciate each day
from a different, healthier, perspective.

~It’s opening eyes of love~

It’s allowing me to cry
As easily as I laugh.

~It’s opening a heart of love~

It’s stretching my faith, forcing me to search deep
into what I truly believe.

~It’s opening eternal love~


-Denise Bryant Smith
8/5/2009

An Oasis in the Desert

This is such a peaceful back yard! We sit in low chairs on the first swim step in the evenings with music playing and the waterfall running into the pool. I picture my cells dancing to the music and moving rythmically through my body. Happy cells are healing cells... believe it!

New Hope Medical Center

Lyndee took this photo of the kitchen at New Hope.. this is where Shoshana makes us gourmet organic breakfasts and lunches, de-tox teas etc etc...

The Center is actually a beautiful home secluded in the desert, easy to feel relaxed and at home there. Today was my last day of my 2 wk treatment, but I have follow up to do with cancer vaccines and a 2nd round of stem cells. They sent me home with a set program on eating, supplements and a huge notebook full of information. I will miss going there every day but do need to figure out this next step of a new way of living and taking care of myself. (It's a 3 person job at this point!)

Bea 'n Me

My Aunt Bea, from California, came and visited me yesterday! She makes lovely quilts and she made one just for me. Deb took this photo of us before they left today. It was SO great to see her (and Gary) and feel the love!

I Am Loved

It is hard to start every sentence with "I".... me, me, me there is an awful lot of focus on me and I wish there wasn't! But, I am learning to accept the gracious love extended to me by my family and friends and even complete strangers. We had a wonderful speaker come to the clinic on Thursday, a 20 yr cancer survivor who conventional Dr's had given 6 months to live. He sought out alternative care and pursued it with intensity. He now has a wonderful minstry for cancer patients and his visit was enlightening and a super blessing for me. I feel deep in my soul that God has a mighty purpose for me through this journey and I am fighting with all I have so I may make a difference, be a blessing to others one day... with an awesome testimony! As for now I cling to the love and encouragement being sent to me as medicine to my soul!