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catching up and prayful hearts

Yeah so I know it has been a while since I last posted, I have had a lot going on in the past few weeks. But I am writing now to get things updated a little. Last week was Meredith's spring break. It wasn't to much of a spring break for me however since I had to spend Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at a conference for teaching fellows (senior orientation). I went to visit my mom on Monday, then went to the orientation on Tuesday. Wednesday was a crazy day because I woke up throwing up and had to stay home from the orientation, only to be able to make up for my missed day with a paper. Thursday I went back to the orientation because I was feeling well enough to sit through it and if I hadn't then I would have had to make the entire thing up next year or over the summer.
For the weekend we spend some time with Matthew's mother helping her plant some trees on Saturday. Sunday we went to the Walmart in Louisburg to try and sell some more coupon books. We ended up not selling a single book but Louisburg really pulled though for us on the donation part. There was a good amount of money donated to us.

On Monday I had to go back to classes. How fun right? Well kinda, my professors didn't really do anything new and it was a pretty laid back day. I had been reading the fifth Harry Potter book over the break and was determined to finish it soon so I spent most of the afternoon after homework reading that book. Tuesday was another pretty normal day in terms of school but I did get a very strange call from my mother wanting Matthew and I to come see her that night because she had something that she wanted to tell us. Scary. I knew my mom had been keeping something from me for a while and that night I was going to find out exactly what it was. I found out that my mother has the pre-stages of cancer and has to have a hysterectomy in order to get rid of all the bad cells. Please pray for my mother and her doctors so that they will have the ability to remove all of the bad cells that are in her body and that she will be strong throughout this whole ordeal. Today Matthew got off work early, we went for a walk around Lake Lynn and then went to eat dinner with my Grandma.

After everything that has gone on I just can't seem to get the thought that my mother is sick out of my head. I love her so much and she had been such a strong role model in my life. I don't know what I would do without her. She has been though so much these past few months and over the year last year that I feel so bad that she seems to have everything going wrong. I wish that I could do more for her and be there for her but there is nothing that I can do except wait and pray that everything goes well in her surgery. My mom always tries her best to protect me from anything that she feels will cause me stress but I sometimes wish that she would stop looking at me as her little girl and know that I can handle what she has to tell me. She tried to keep this all a secret from me because she didn't want to stress me out. I love her for that but if there is something serous going on I want to know about it. Please keep my mom in your prayers! I love you Momma!!

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