Update

"Life has been stressful and tiring so I haven't posted for a while. Here is a quick update on what has been going on. My eldest sister had her breast cancer surgery. It went well and the tests showed the cancer hasn't spread. She was told she would have to have radiation treatment and possibly chemo. A couple of days ago she and my mom took a trip up to Port Alberni to check on mom's place, pick up her mail etc. The next morning my sister had a serious infection at the surgery site and had to return to Victoria. She was immediately put on antibiotics. The weird thing is the locum for her specialist told her she would definatly have to have chemo, then he got her in to two cancer specialists today and her surgeon tomorrow. She wasn't suppose to see the specialists for another 3 weeks. Makes you think something isn't right.

My daughter Sarah is doing much better now, isn't having morning sickness like she was, is starting to put back on the weight she had lost. She is getting a lot of headaches though. Not good. The father of the baby has left for his posting in Ontario. It will be interesting to see how that goes. Sarah is working and doing well in school. She and I are having a good time getting reaquainted. I am glad she is at home and not on her own for this.

The Women in Black vigils are doing well. We have at least two people at each one which means that they can at least take place. I am being interviewed on CBC Radio on Monday morning. Hopefully that will bring us some good attention and maybe get more people out.

Sarah's puppy Sadie is growing like the perverbial weed. I can't believe how big she has gotten and how much more she weighs!! She is so cute and a very smart little puppy, but such exuberance.

I am really enjoying the volunteering I am doing with the Immigrant Women's English class. The women are so interesting and so willing to learn. I think we volunteers learn as much from them as they learn from us. On Wednesday we had women from Korea, Chile, Cuba and Columbia. Our students from Libya are not attending now as they are celebrating Ramedan. I will be glad to have them back as they are lovely women.

That is my life up to now. It seems like it is always one stressful thing after another. I can't believe how well I am handling it all." I whisper.

Are you listening?