Laughter

Tonight while talking about Shep, Ryan said, "Do you think that Shep and Mo will get along?" and Tessa said, "Daddy, dogs don't mow the lawn!" This had me laughing until tears came from my eyes. Perhaps you had to be there to see the humor, but it certainly did us good to think of the image that Tessa mistakenly conjured up.

Today Tessa has been talking a lot about Shep. For those of you who don't know... Shep is the name of our "one day" dog. We have been talking about adopting a black lab mix puppy for years, and one of these days we'll really do it. We talk about Shep so much that it's like he's a member of the family already! I am seriously thinking that the spring is the perfect time to adopt Shep - it will be our family's reward for making it through chemo. Mozart will not see Shep as a reward, but he will recover...we hope. Tessa says that she will take Shep to a lake and they will go swimming together, and Shep will lick the lake (her words) and Tessa will laugh. I look forward to those days.

It is good to have Tessa Katherine in our lives. She really does bring us so much laughter and joy.

Kristina