Kids

say the darndest things!

Not to me of course...I mean they do, but this week they have been very good about keeping not only their physical distance but also their "emotional" distance as well. Tonight as the girls lay in beds and read and chatted with Ed while I sat on the couch in my one comfortable position...they confided in him their worries. Specifically Belle told him that she was worried that her kids would get breast cancer! Now....yes we realize that she isn't even near anywhere ready to date, let alone get married, let alone(gulp) have kids...she had an incredible sense of logic about it all. My grandmother had it, it skipped my dad(although not really since he got prostate cancer early which has been linked to the gene but that's another blog), I got it and so it should skip her and her kids would get it. How's that logic for ya? When Ed related the conversation to me I could feel my heart breaking and the tears are welling up even now as I type, this is not something they should have to be aware of let alone understand that it can be passed on through their genes.....hate cancer...really do.

Fortunately, she also has the wisdom that only an innocent child can have too. At that point Ed tried to reassure her that she didn't need to worry about that since it was so far away(sooooo very far away we hope) but also that there would hopefully be a cure by then. To which she dismissively replied, Oh I know there will be a cure" with a nonchalant wave if her hand...gotta love that innocence and faith, don't you wish we could bottle it?

Anyway, pain wise...it's getting better. The left side still hurts more than the right but even that has diminished greatly. The only truly bothersome thing now is the vest o death....aka the compression vest, yes it still sux more than anything else, I live for the few moments I get to decompress every day.....and I will never ever time travel back to to any time other than the greco-roman period...flowing dresses are definitely the best way to go!

Stay warm this week as we get an arctic blast.

Blog ya later-
K