There's No Place Like Home...

We got home from Vegas last night, and I have to be honest, I was pretty homesick! I've never gotten homesick before when John and I have gone away, so it was kind of strange. ESPECIALLY since today is my 4th chemo treatment and home respresents THAT!

But I discovered that home also represents SO MUCH MORE. There is no other place that makes me feel so loved and safe.

I missed my girls so much, including the dogs. And I really just wanted to get back.

We had fun, but I really couldn't help but feeling, there's no place like home. And for someone from an a very abusive home who never had a sense of home, that really means so much to me.

God blessed me beyond measure when he brought me to John 7 years ago, and allowed me to be Mom to these amazing girls. God IS good ALL the time, and I couldn't make it without Him or my family.

And my friends are pretty amazing, too! :)

John has gotten VERY into watching The World Series of Poker on TV and LOVES it and has been dying to play. He signed up for a tournament in Vegas for $50.00, which gave him and everyone else $2500.00 in chips. It was HIS FIRST TIME playing!

He played with very experienced players, some of whom you could tell did this everyday. Well, he impressed the heck out of me. He came in 5th out of 21 players, and in his second tourny he came in THIRD out of 18. Most of the players were the same, were freakin' GOOD.

He has a real knack for poker, it's neat to watch. John is a man of VERY few words. He's soft spoken most of the time and shy. Those qualities really came in handy because he didn't say much (mostly because he was shy with 10 strangers at his table, but it gave him an air of myster, which really worked. He wore sunglasses, too.

I was so proud of him, and loved seeing him play. That was the highlight of my trip.

Things I'm grateful for today:
GOD
My family, including my two puppers.
My desire to write, which doesn't happen often, lately.
My friends.
Chemotherapy, as much as I DREAD going today, it's curing me and THAT is priceless.
Life.