A good weekend!

The Middleton's have had a good weekend. On Saturday morning Bret took Jillian to a b-day party and Tyler and I headed for the Flea Market to do some shopping. I decided that I wanted to try on some shorter wigs to get ready for short hair when my hair starts growing again. Tyler took off to shop for air guns....I was the only customer in the wig shop so it was fun to try on several styles. I finally decided on a new short one (Jillian calls it the Aunt Vicki wig..I guess the style reminds her of her Aunt Vicki). As I was getting ready to check out a young girl in her early 30s came in with her Mom. The girl wouldn't say much so the Mom explained that her daughter had just completed her second round of chemo and her hair had just fallen out so they wanted to check out the wigs. They looked at my wig and commented that her hair had been red like mine. I told her I was there to buy my 3rd wig and we talked a little about chemo, etc. Her Mom was looking around the shop and the first wig she pointed out was the longer wig that I have. I told them that I have the wig and that I get lots of compliments on it. As they moved back to the mirrors to try on the wig I went back to wish her luck. When she turned around her eyes were filled with tears and she was trying not to cry. I gave her a big hug and wished her well. As I walked out of the store my heart was breaking for her. All of the memories of losing my hair came flooding back....I knew exactly what she was feeling at that moment. Later as Tyler and I were getting ready to leave we ran into this girl and her Mom. They had bought the same wig that I have....when I walked up the them she had the most beautiful smile on her face and the wig looked so nice on her. I went up and gave her another big hug and told her how great she looked. I gave her information about the online support group that I belong to and told her that there are so many women out there that are going thru the exact same things that we are experiencing and they understand all the feelings that we have during this journey.....I was so glad that I ran into her before we left. It was so nice to be able to reach out to someone in person that is dealing with this horrible disease and maybe make her day a little brighter. (BTW, my new wig is the top pic over on the left)


Late Saturday evening Tyler and I headed out again to do some grocery shopping. After that we stopped at Border's...little did we know that the coffee shop in there is the Mason hot spot on a Saturday evening. We enjoyed some yummy hot chocolate. It was so nice just to sit with him and talk, we stayed until almost 11:00! Speaking of Tyler, we were so thrilled to get his semester report card yesterday and see that he got straight A's!!! I have been so worried about how this cancer crap would affect the kids so this was such a relief to see that he is doing so well in school.

Today I met some friends at the mall to see the movie 27 Dresses...it's a great chick flick! After the movie I even ventured out into the mall to do some shopping...I have not shopped at the mall for months! I was able to walk around for quite a while before my ankles started aching but it was fun while it lasted!

Thanks again for your prayers for Emily. She is doing pretty good and hopefully will go home soon. I will be glad for them to get home so they can all get some rest...we all know that you don't get any rest in the hospital! It will be a long recovery but Emily is lucky to have two awesome parents that will move mountains for this special young lady!!!

I hope everyone has a good week - stay warm!