A Brief Update

I know I have been remiss of late. I guess we just got caught up in trying to put some "normalcy" back into our lives. Since Garrett's last biopsy results, we've seen no physical changes in our little warrior. He continues to be happy and playful, albeit a little too rambunctious at times (which is a very good thing).

The kids and I had a chance to head up into the hills for a short elk "hunt". It was their 1st official elk hunt with Daddy, and it will go down as one of my all time most memorable. Each had a cow (elk) call and they made every terrible squeaking sound they could muster. We didn't see any elk that day, but we had the time of our lives. We found a sun bathed saddle overlooking a draw, and both kids crawled up into my lap. I cannot remember when we had that much pure love and enjoyment together. It was if we were sitting in God's lap and the angels' wings were forcing a calming breeze down through the aspens. (see photo)

Since then, two wonderful community groups put on a ranch rodeo and quarter horse race to benefit the Family Fund For Garrett Ross. The overwhelming feelings of humility and appreciation were too much for even words to capture. Being proud people, we find it hard to let people help us. However, while we don't deserve any of the blessings we receive, we are forever changed and grateful to so many who came together over the love of a little boy and his family. Thanks, will never be enough.

Garrett is enjoying school now that his immune system is up and running pretty well. He still does not know about the big biopsy surgery in November. We want to wait until the right time to tell him. There is no sense in getting him stirred up right now. He fights nightmares and sleep, his sister Jessi is having some emotional fights of her own over the ordeal, and Kathy still cannot really talk about the "what ifs" and the future. As we deal with the emotional tribulations and the uncertainty of the future, we hit our knees each night thanking God for another day and pray that tomorrow will find us greeting the sunshine with a smile and will to fight one more time. God is so gracious and loving, and we know there are no fights we cannot win with Him guiding us.

More to come soon.

May God light your path to cool water.

JD