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Hi All
We are home - having mixed feelings. I loved traveling around the country, but it feels nice to be home.
While we were traveling today I realized  that today July 12, 2011 marks the one year anniversary of Ellie being diagnosed with Leukemia.
This is a day to be thankful for: Paul and I still have our beautiful daughter.
What a road we have traveled, we could not have made it this far in this cancer journey without all the prayers and support we have received from our family, friends, doctors, nurses and even strangers.
We have been tested as a family this past year and have become closer having realized what is important in life. What use to stress us out is not even a minor speed bump in the road anymore. Life is fuller and a lot less petty. I wish everyone could have the liberating mind set that I have from things in life that just don't matter in the big picture.
 My hope, wish and prayer is that our family never forgets these lessons as time goes on.
I would like to thank each and every one of you for the support you have shown us during this past year, each of your words of encouragement came at times when they were needed more then you could know.
Ellie still has a lot of treatment a head of her, but she will get through it with the continued grace and dignity she has shown during the past year.

Now that Ellie has done her make a wish trip ( which was so awesome) she is now  looking forward to her next adventure: Camp Ta Kum Ta. She is so excited to be going. I can't wait to hear the stories she will come home with.