A Letter from Emilie

Dear Family,  This week was amazing, I felt so good and did so many things that filled my soul. I am loving working on a quilt with my friend Emmeline! It is so fun. I also spent a day in Idaho Falls doing errands and some time working on my dance for Bright Star. Play practice is so fun and I am enjoying every moment of it! I had so much energy this week! Saturday was prom and I got to be involved with the day date and dinner. Abby had to preform during her date. It was a really good performance of The Little Mermaid! Her date, Cody, was sweet enough to come and watch the play. I was able to help her get changed back into her dress after the play. Abrahm and Alyvia worked so hard on creating a life size "Wii board game," in the back yard. It was complete with checkpoints and lots of mini games. They had a lot of fun! I was grateful for heavenly help to hem the prom dress! Camille surprised us with a visit this weekend. It is always so good to see her! She is doing amazing th...

Hey all! I knew I was in trouble for scheduling so much this week when we had our family calendaring meeting on Sunday night. I usually do so much better at avoiding scheduling things on a chemo week! It just did not happen that way this week.  Monday was a typical chemo day.  Slept most of it, and got a blog post out that evening. That felt good as I have been needing to update for awhile. My heart was full of gratitude for everyone's kindness towards the fundraiser. I was feeling so ungrateful for not yelling THANK YOU from the rooftops! It truly was overwhelming and unexpected. THANK YOU again! Image by storyset on Freepik Tuesday, I behaved, and tried to stay in bed most of the day. Holding still is not my favorite activity. I try to sleep when my body will let me. The part of me that feels connected to productivity for my self worth really throws a temper tantrum on these days! I have to constantly tell myself that I am ok, and that my week will go better if I just hold s...