When Life Gives You Apples...

I was thinking earlier today about the saying "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade." Well right now, I'm not making lemonade, because I have not been given lemons. I am making apple pie, apple crisp, apple braid, baked apples, applesauce, apple butter, caramel apples...hungry yet? I could keep going like Forest Gump on this one. I have been given apples, not lemons.

My surprise visit to Ian's classroom to see his project.

It is difficult to have surgery after surgery and bounce back and recover. It's a little tart. My body has really been put through the ringer over the past year. But I have a great surgeon, and I don't have cancer anymore. I have a precious husband and an adorable son who take such good care of me, allowing me to rest and recover. I live in a place where access to fantastic medical care is a 15 minute drive in any direction. That's sweet. My situation is workable and like an apple pie baking in the oven, the entire house is affected by it. We're all a little stronger, a little more resilient, and a little more understanding.

Right now, I am very much a slowly recovering patient. I still have surgical drains in (if you don't know what those are, you don't want to know) and I spend most of my day sitting in a chair or laying in bed trying to be good and not use my right arm. I have been fortunate to get out of the house twice now for two short trips - I just wore a jacket to cover the drains up. I am better every day and I so appreciate everyone who has brought food, sent cards and texts and checked in on me. We're just taking this one day at a time and being patient. Kind of like waiting for an apple pie to bake. 

In case I got you hungry to make something with apples and you need ideas, 50 Things you can do with Apples - Food Network (Can you guess what I lay in bed and watch on TV?)

Every day is a great day. See you soon.

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