The Bee Team

Dear B Team,

I know it has been mostly quiet around here as treatment has gone one. It turns out that things getting a little boring is a good thing in the cancer world. The last 2 infusions are 4 weeks apart, so I’m getting a longer break in between.

With the school year ending and activities winding down, I hope you’ll indulge me in a little moment here.

In December when my sister told me I couldn’t do it all alone and I’d have to call in my village, I never expected the response that would happen. Next thing I knew there was a meal train that kept us fed during my next hospitalization and my first couple rounds of chemo. Suddenly there was a network of moms who took over all my driving duties. The driving moms kept an ear out on their drives with the girls and let me know how they were doing. A few of you who didn’t really know them even reached out to tell me what great kids we have. (I’m pretty sure all parents think their kids are awesome, but it is really amazing to hear it from people who don’t know them well.) So many of those we love from different eras and areas of our lives have reached out to help us during the last few months and blessed us in ways we never would have imagined.

My pastor told me early on that I didn’t have a village, I “have a whole dang metropolis.” I think he is probably correct. I didn’t create this metropolis on my own- lots of people contributed to it. A big thank you to our families, our CMSD family, our Nativity family and friends from near and far and all phases of our lives.

Y’all have brought me to tears with your generosity and love more than once over the last several months. I would never in a million years wish this situation on anyone. The silver lining has been this; finding out how much we are loved and what wonderful, generous people we have in our lives.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you have done for us during the last few months. I know many of you think what you did was no big deal or it was something so small. I’m here to tell you that all of your small acts added up to create the metropolis and it was a really big deal to us. You allowed me to focus on kicking lymphoma’s ass and getting better and I couldn’t be more grateful.

💚🐝💚,

B