Laughing, Loving, & Living

This is Staci (signing off...I fly home in a few hours). I've had a great visit & am really sad to go. Here are some highlights.

1. I have a pretty bad cold. Kelsey had it but seems to be better now. Lorri is starting to get it. But whose immune system is so stellar that he doesn't even have a sniffle? You guessed it - Big Jon.

2. We have started calling Dad's foods that contain anticarcinogenic gravel, twigs, & moss "cancer" foods. Such as, yesterday Lorri made Dad "cancer cookies" (they had kamut flour & applesauce - they looked the same when they came out of the oven as when they went in.) We've also had "cancer pancakes" several times.

3. Kelsey & I went to downtown Seattle the other day & spotted a t-shirt at Pike Place Market that said, "THE LIVER IS EVIL. IT MUST BE DESTROYED." Of course, we had to buy it...if only for the sheer random-ness of it. We're not sure what it means, but as I told Dad, "The shirt came in your size - Cancer Small."

4. Speaking of that, Dad has lost 15 pounds so far :-( but today was the first day he has put a pound back on! YEA!

So to all of you who can't be here with my Dad while he weathers this storm (like myself), who rely on the blog and phone calls to stay informed - I want to tell you they are doing OK here. They are talking about EVERYTHING (from remarrying to funeral preparation to poop that looks like peanut butter). They are laughing, loving, & living.