I am still doing well in the hospice and continue to have short trips out. It is quite amazing to me how having all my symptoms under control and no chemo side effects and of course all the love and prayers sent to me from all of you has improved my quality of life. I seem to be recovering my life energy and it feels good. We had a lovely survivor dinner last night at Glenda and Rick's house and I ate like a horse. It is so good to enjoy food again. I am working down my bucket list and the better I feel the more gets added. I did some girl shopping with Abby on Saturday, getting to the mall as the doors opened so I avoided the crowds. Graham pushed me in a wheel chair as my legs are still weak and not up long mall walks. I had fun last week in the new Walmart when I used a mobility scooter to get around! It went really fast and whipped around corners. Now I know why the seniors here seem to be speed freaks!!. I only hit a few things and at one point a few pairs of socks were hanging off the back of handle like Christmas ornaments but no damage was done.

Thank you so much to everyone who went or plan to ask their local library to order our book Choosing to Smile. My next request is that you contact your local morning breakfast TV show or talk show and ask them to do feature on "Choosing to Smile" With skype technology we can do an interview anywhere in the world and even from my hospice room. We are hoping to do a fund raiser for the hospice by donating a dollar amount for every book sold when the name Chilliwack Hospice is named by the buyer.

Love to you all and Thank you for all your support. Julie

To see our pictures, look on this website under the tab "Photos".

julie@choosingtosmile.com