Discoveries

After I wrote in one of my blog postings about needing to try to find my dad, Laura contacted me about her talent in doing family research...and the short of it is that she was able to find an old address for him in Vancouver. I wrote up a letter and we have since been in contact! The good news is that he is open to continuing contact together and we are learning more about each other with each email. The not-so-good news is that many of the females on his side of the family have had various types of cancer. Brian says that some of those cancers shouldn't matter much in regards to my own health since they are not passed along genetically. I continue to work with him on getting more info about those family members and to work on our own relationship too. As we gather more info, I will pass it along to the genetics doctor and it will help us narrow down what types of genes I could have that might link to other cancers. Genetics is a field with thousands of possibilities - I imagine it to be quite challenging and interesting for those who work in that field. I also find it interesting, but also a bit worrisome!

Brian's parents were in town last week. We celebrated the occasion by cooking up our very first farm-raised turkey. It was quite tasty and pretty exciting for Brian and me. I think his parents were a little less excited about the idea of eating one of our turkeys, especially when their friends are still running around in our pasture. Brian and I were also excited to become parents...and then again and again! I am speaking of our chickens finally starting to lay some eggs. We were very excited to find our first eggs in the nesting boxes. We also have been harvesting tons of veggies and fruits from the garden and orchard. We have lots of apples and pears in season, not to mention the tomatoes, zucchini, chard, kale, lettuce, tomatillos, squash, pumpkins, onions, peppers, basil, radishes, cabbages, cauliflower, broccoli, and more! I'm finally getting to the point where I can't keep up with everything as it harvests, but we've had many healthy meals because of it.

I go back to work in one week. I think the blog posts will continue to slow down as my doctor appointments become less and my health returns. Thanks everyone for reading as we've gone through this journey together.