August 4, 2008 August 4, 2008

I hope this finds you all having a wonderful summer!  I know we have had lots of fun and have been going and going….like the energizer bunny!  We’ve made lake trip after lake trip and have had a blast!  Our family has spent LOTS of quality time together this summer.  It’s been amazing and BUSY!  Mason has attended several camps in between the lake trips.  He just got back from church camp at Fort Lone Tree in New Mexico where he had a wonderful time and rededicated his life to the Lord!  That was great news!  Brynn has been busy this summer too.  She’s been hanging out with all her friends and bugging her brothers whenever possible!   Luke has become a master tuber (so he thinks)!  He is SO funny.  He can say anything!  He is quite the singer and has just this week started using the big boy potty, so he is REALLY proud of himself at the moment!

I KNOW I should apologize for not posting more often.  In the past week several people have mentioned to me that I haven’t wrote in a while.  I know I don’t have an excuse, but I have been going like crazy, and to be totally honest (and I know this is stupid!), sometimes I associate the blogging with being sick.  I KNOW I have got to GET OVER THAT!  There are so many things that bring back the sensation of being sick, especially certain smells.  The other night my sister was wearing this lotion from Bath and Body, and when she sat down beside me, I got this overwhelming nauseating sensation.  It took me a little while, but I finally figured out that it was the lotion.  I had used that scent in my bathroom as my hand soap whenever I was first diagnosed.  That is only a few instances of many.  I DO plan on blogging more often though. I apologize!

School starts really soon, and I am getting excited out it!  I have had a REALLY long break!  I look forward to getting back to normal in every aspect including work!  I will also be taking pictures again starting in September.  I am ONLY doing four sessions a month.  I PROMISED my mother I wouldn’t do any more than that.  I have been working on my new website for several months now and plan on publishing it in the next couple of weeks.  I took pictures of Christie’s little miracle, Laney Grace, a couple of weeks ago.  Her pictures are on my website for the world to see how beautiful she is.   Speaking of precious babies….I am going to be having a baby niece on or before August 18th.  Her name is Raegan, and we are SO ready to meet her!  Please pray for my sister-in-law Janet, Raegan, and my brother as they prepare for the big day!

My last stage of the reconstruction is coming up!  This Wednesday I have my last surgery.  Dr. Jane Rowley will be performing her magic again.  She is the woman!  I feel very confident in her hands!  It is just an outpatient deal, so I will come home that afternoon.  I’m a little nervous, but not bad.

My hair is back!  I am finally able to go without the wig.  The picture of me below is from about a month ago, so it’s grown a lot since then.  It’s still pretty short, BUT any day WITH hair is a better day than WITHOUT it!

Please be praying for my team in the 2008 Susan G Komen Lubbock Area Race for the Cure.  Our team is Operation Strong.  It will be held on Oct. 4th in Lubbock.   It’s a great cause that I owe so much to.  I feel the same way about this foundation that I feel about you all.  Without the Komen foundation and the money that they raise for research, I wouldn’t be where I am today.  I owe them so much!  I am planning on GIVING BACK by working hard to raise money for other women diagnosed.  I am attaching the link to the walk so that anyone who wants to can donate $ or register to be on our team.    If you sign up before Sept. 22, it’s only $20.  That is technically all you have to give, but our team is setting a goal of $100 each.  It’s really easy to do because when you register and join the team, you create your own page and email your own address book to get donations.  I am really excited about it!  Can you tell?? Let me know if you have any questions.   My e-mail is angela@abursonphoto.com.  The link for the Race for the Cure is

http://komenlubbock.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=274097

To donate $, click “General Donation” and follow the steps.  To be on our team (and I WOULD LOVE to HAVE YA!) click the “Register Here” link.  Make sure you sign up under our team, “Operation Strong”.  Thanks so much!!

Thanks for anyone that prayed for D during his heart surgery.  He is doing well and getting better everyday!  He’s WAY too stubborn to be down very long.  Please pray that he will have a quick recovery and that he will be permanently fixed of all cardiac arrhythmia.

Please pray for my dad and his back and neck pain.  He is still trying to figure out how to manage having a surgery and farming and raising way too many horses at the same time.  I know God will work all of that out.  He always does!

I feel like I have 100 other things to tell ya, but “chemo brain” I can’t remember them.  “Chemo brain” has taken the place of “duh” with me and all of my friends!   OK….I’ve talked enough.  I love you ALL and am praying GOD’s richest blessings on each and every one of you!!!!  Have a GREAT day!

OH yea….I MUST tell you all that I am married to the most wonderful man in the WHOLE WORLD!!! (and he’s probably gonna kill me because I put his picture on here!)

Counting His blessings,

Angela

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