Dearest Friends & Family,

Just wanted to take a moment and wish everyone a .....

Happy Fall Season

and to Thank everyone who have left their thoughts and prayers concerning my daughter Jennifer.  To update everyone on how she is doing:  Jenn hasn't had her surgery yet....She did have Iodine treatment today and tomorrow she will go in and have an MRI done to see were the "hot and cold spots" are...The Dr. told her she had an over-active thyroid.  Not sure that has anything to do with the lumps within her thyroid...I believe it doesn't.  She has been very tired of late...mostly due to worry and work....I keep telling her everything will be alright...just have faith...We also sat down to the computer together and went through and looked up all we could find on the subject and printed it off so that she could be rest assured of what she can expect in her course of treatment.  She found some comfort in this as well as some anxiety because seemed like the word "Cancer" was mentioned alot through out the articles that we read.  We will know more after the MRI is done...

I attended church on Sunday and the Lord must have known I was supposed to be there...The sermon was about Anxiety and Worry...and how no matter what it was in your heart and mind, to just hand it ALLl over to GOD....Well....I did!  Seems like I was drawn to go to worship on Sunday morning...I haven't been going...I wanted to but just couldn't find a church, that is till my son Ron and his fiance Jill started attending, I told my son that I would start going with them...But the last few Sundays something always came up....and I ended up missing going....I could see the look in his eyes, like I had let him down....and that look kept working on me, on my concscience over that last couple of weeks....I am thankful for that look...cause it has brought me back to the church and hopefully the rest of the family will follow suite....Ron's Dad has already asked about going with us as well....I am hoping that Dez and Zach will also be attending...that way I can get them into Sunday School...I know that they would just love it...and Lord knows walking through the doors of any place of worship for me was deeply needed...to say the least!

A note to Aunt Karen:  Thanks for sending me a link to your pictures of Chicago...Your looking wonderful as ever...as is Jason and his wife....their home is absolutely beautiful....You are truly blessed....again...Thank You for thinking about me!

I hope everyone is doing well this week of October....Know that you are all in my thoughts and prayers...I will post any updates on Jenn as soon as we find out more from the Doctors.

Take care & God Bless!

Much Love, Linda