Travel Isn't Always Fun
Craig, Shelly,
What a wild travel ride you've been on recently. I certainly have a soft spot for this, I've booked greater than 50,000 miles since 9/15 and while I have no complaints whatsoever about it I really understand the wear it can take on you.
The travel schedule you are on right now while trying to deal with the aftershock of hard chemo is brutal and I just wanted to write to you in this public format to tell you how much I understand how tough this is and how impressed I am with your committment to your healing - you have every excuse to hide from this travel schedule by legitimately hiding behind the chemo but you choose to move forward based on your driven desire to the goal.
On a most certainly very smaller scale it has kept me inspired in my job, to keep the focus on what needs to get accomplished beyond the reasons to explain it away.
So many of the entries to this blog discuss how awed all of us are by your inspiration in regards to staying on task regardless of any obstacles that I won't go into more detail but I haven't written much lately and I wanted to make sure you both know that you are in our thoughts and prayers every single day even though we don't see each other at work every day any more.
My efforts to explain bi-phasic to my kids have gone without understanding by Megan and over-understanding by Alec. Alec is now wearing two "livestrong" wristbands at all times as a result, to independently discuss with God each. Megan doesn't really understand but at 5 that's certainly ok.
You are in our family discussions, thoughts, prayers, and in Alec's case bi-phasic wristband committment and we can't wait to hear what good news there will be in your visits to the care givers you are currently visiting.
Tom
What a wild travel ride you've been on recently. I certainly have a soft spot for this, I've booked greater than 50,000 miles since 9/15 and while I have no complaints whatsoever about it I really understand the wear it can take on you.
The travel schedule you are on right now while trying to deal with the aftershock of hard chemo is brutal and I just wanted to write to you in this public format to tell you how much I understand how tough this is and how impressed I am with your committment to your healing - you have every excuse to hide from this travel schedule by legitimately hiding behind the chemo but you choose to move forward based on your driven desire to the goal.
On a most certainly very smaller scale it has kept me inspired in my job, to keep the focus on what needs to get accomplished beyond the reasons to explain it away.
So many of the entries to this blog discuss how awed all of us are by your inspiration in regards to staying on task regardless of any obstacles that I won't go into more detail but I haven't written much lately and I wanted to make sure you both know that you are in our thoughts and prayers every single day even though we don't see each other at work every day any more.
My efforts to explain bi-phasic to my kids have gone without understanding by Megan and over-understanding by Alec. Alec is now wearing two "livestrong" wristbands at all times as a result, to independently discuss with God each. Megan doesn't really understand but at 5 that's certainly ok.
You are in our family discussions, thoughts, prayers, and in Alec's case bi-phasic wristband committment and we can't wait to hear what good news there will be in your visits to the care givers you are currently visiting.
Tom
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