Today was my first day back at RMH, after returning from Prince George. I had a few really busy days up in Prince George again, but it was nice to be home, and just get my bearings again. My Mom and I left PG at 5:45 am Saturday morning in hopes that we would miss quite a bit of the traffic and to get Mom on a ferry at a reasonable time. The trip went really well, and we were able to make it to Whistler for lunch. We were very close to the ferry at this point, and quite likely could have made the last hour or so to the ferry, but I think we were both tired and the idea of lunch in Whistler appealed to both of us. We stopped for a little over an hour, and then continued on to Lions Bay (just north of Horseshoe Bay) by 2:30. It was pretty good to spend some time with my Mom and brother over the past couple of days, and just have some family time.

It was great to get back to RMH and see Christine, Brenn, and Samantha. I really needed the break when I left, but it was really hard to be at home without them. I had some weird emotions when I was at home. Some areas in my house are just like life stopped wherever it was when we left. There are still notices up on the fridge from Brenns kindergarten class, and just seeing how empty the house was was pretty hard to take. It really brought it all home just how very different life is now. I know that people look at our life and think wow what our family is going through must be really difficult. Since we are living in the situation, and living at RMH, it doesn't really seem all the strange or hard for us. What is hard is when we have to be away from one another for any length of time. Our emotions are really crazy right now, and sometimes we fight, or bicker with one another, the kids cry and through crazy temper-tantrums, but we all really depend on one another for strength every day as well. We all trust that we can freak out, and have a really bad day, but once we get through the moment or the day, things are still good as long as we are together. We really have learned a lot from this, and we have realized that most things aren't as big a deal as we used to think they were. We have been truly blessed here. Even though Brenn is sick (and I know this is really hard to understand), we feel blessed by this time. You never know how beautiful people are until you go through a tough time in your life. We have had so much help from so many people that I really can't believe it! People can be so very generous that it amazes us.

Brenn has been doing quite well the last little while. We are still going through our two week break getting ready for the last 2 months of intensive treatment. We are all really looking forward to coming home, and really looking forward to have some time just to ourselves in our own house. We are all pretty scared about the next 2 months as well though, and we are just praying that we can get through them easily. All that we are interested in is Brenn getting better, but it sure can be has to see that sometimes when she is feeling bad, or not able to control herself because of her medications. It will be really good to get this over with, and with God's grace, Brenn will make it through the last 2 months with flying colors.

Scott