Flashback Friday #1

It's been a week since chemotherapy #1 and, for the most part, Kim has carried on as normal as can be. She had a rough morning Thursday but pushed through and made the most of the day. We are in a the midst of a heat wave here in Portland with temperatures in the high 90's and 100+ predicted for the weekend. For those of you not from town, the hottest part of the day here is from 4-6 so the heat comes just at the point when you're ready to relax. I know it's been all that much harder for her to get some rest in the evening.

Kim has behaved just as she always has though she did share with me that the effects of chemotherapy for her a combination of the feelings of a hangover and the day after you have the flu. I continue to be inspired be her strength through all of this. She's mentioned a decline in her sense of taste and that coffee is little less appealing for her.

Both of us are settling into the reality of this treatment as we've had our first moments of normalcy since diagnosis. And that means we had a bit of a disagreement a few days ago. I promised myself I'd not introduce any stress into her life but life is life, I guess. Coming up on twenty years married means this will happen now and then but it also means we come out on the other side even more strongly connected.

The internet loves Throwback Thursday and Flashback Friday so maybe I'll reserve Fridays in between treatments for short reports on how's she's feeling and perhaps put up a favorite memory or two. Here's one of my favorites.

About four years ago we took the boys clothes shopping. Kim and I were waiting outside the dressing room for Andrew I saw our reflection in the mirror. I said, "Hey, we look pretty alright", and asked Jason to take a photo of us. It remains one of my favorite of our time together.

I titled this one, "I'm not happy until she's not happy."