two days: lanesboro, mn

Two days away.  Two days of bikes on the trail, poking around town, eating out, staying up late in the hotel and watching these awesome movies (you can see them on netflix or amazon too).  Two days to laugh and smile and relax in ways we haven't been able to for months.  Two days to get out of town and celebrate.  

Yes, celebrate.  Andy's scans last week showed that the tumors are shrinking. Something is working, everything is working!  The docs are happy with the response to chemo, so more of that to come.  But in the meantime Andy was given this fourth week between treatments off.  And he was feeling well enough to ride! We breathed in the crisp fall air, knowing that so much is still ahead, but still this. After 10 months of not-good-news, we've had to keep reassuring each other that we heard it all right.  It's hard to believe in some ways, it's hard to take it all in.  But here it still is, each morning when we wake up, this easy breath, this bit of comfort in our hearts, this sign of healing.  

This week it's back to the clinic for three days of chemo, and many days of feeling yucky after that. But now we hold this new knowledge close and it helps.  We hold hope and gratitude and positive intention.  We hold all your prayers and loving support.  We hold each other and these two girls with so much love in our hearts.