même pas peur!
Monday, January 07, 2013
Psst. There, in the right-hand corner. A cat in a box on a steep ledge. Ever feel like that? (photo taken in 2006, in Italy)
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même pas peur! (mem pah purr)
: Not afraid!
Même pas peur is an expression French kids say when confronted with something or someone daunting. It means "I'm not a bit afraid!"
Audio File: Listen to me talk about today's appointment in Marseilles: Download MP3 or Wave file
Aujourd'hui, j'ai un punch biopsie et j'ai même pas peur... et je dis n'importe quoi... Today I have a punch biopsy and I'm not all scared... and I'm just talking nonsense (...when I say that I'm not afraid)...
A DAY IN A FRENCH LIFE.... by Kristin Espinasse
Même Pas Peur: A few examples
Même pas peur! The kid on the playground says to his cohorts, when the school bully threatens him: "Même pas peur! That guy doesn't scare me a bit!"
Même pas peur! I'm not afraid! The French woman says with a wink, when her hairdresser suggests chopping off all her locks, for a new look.
Même pas peur! My son jokes to his friends as he inches over to the edge of the falaise... and jumps 15 meters to the shimmering waters below.
Même pas peur! my husband says, when I hand him the toilet brush and point to the chore.
And ... Même pas peur! I tell myself this morning, as I head out, now, to the doctor's. May the results of this skin biopsy come back speedily, different from the last time... and the time before that....
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To read about my first experience with skin cancer, click here.
Then... (Kristin, Max, Jean-Marc, and Jackie)
...and now! (Max, Braise, Jackie, Smokey, Kristin, and Jean-Marc). JM looks a little serious, but he's just impatient to get the picture over with, after several retakes. What do Braise and Smokey look like they're thinking? Comments here.
Note: the first photo was taken at Domaine du Banneret (Jean-Marc's uncle's winery, in Chateauneuf du Pape). It was before Jean-Marc began his own winery, Domaine Rouge-Bleu. We moved again, last September and are still settling in, here near Bandol.
Other places we have lived: Marseilles (when we first met), St. Maximin (after Max was born), Les Arcs-sur-Argens (the longest we ever stayed put!), Ste. Cécile-les-Vignes, and now we are back near the sea, where we started from!
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I will be thinking positive thoughts about you today.
Posted by: meredith | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 08:56 AM
Good Luck Kristi! with love from Diana, Perth, Australia.
Posted by: Diana Barron | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 09:13 AM
Good luck today!
Posted by: Jens from Copenhagen | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 09:14 AM
Indeed, good luck.
It is great to see photos with a few years between them. Those children grow so much!
Posted by: Sarah LaBelle near Chicago | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 09:21 AM
Good luck and good wishes.
Ivana from USA
Posted by: Ivana | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 09:34 AM
You have a very beautiful family, Kristin!
Wish you best of luck!
Posted by: Kimberly from California | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 09:44 AM
All good thoughts coming from California.
Posted by: Lee Isbell | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 09:44 AM
Positive thoughts, light and best wishes Kristin today. We are all waiting to hear the good results. Why does it too often take awhile to get results back? Seems to be a rather common experience from what we hear.
See and hear the good news already arriving...all will be well. Bon chance and bises.
Posted by: Sandy Vann | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 09:44 AM
Best thoughts to you for perfect results. Your family is simply beautiful!
Posted by: Jackie in Natick, MA | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 09:54 AM
Thinking of you xoxoxo
Posted by: michele | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 10:08 AM
Good luck, Kristin. Thoughts and prayers with you today. I suppose this is a different doctor, different clinic, so let's hope for different results this time.
Jackie
Posted by: Jackie Durham | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 10:22 AM
Wishing you tons of love, joy and peace. Everyone looks so grown up, handsome and beautiful. Be well.
Mary
Posted by: mary | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 10:45 AM
Thinking positively for you Kristin.
Love, Audrey
Posted by: Audrey Wilson | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 10:46 AM
Sending you strength and love from Adelaide South Australia
Posted by: Patrine Baptist | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 11:07 AM
I'll be thinking calming thoughts for you today.
Good luck. Angela
Posted by: Angela Sargent | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 11:21 AM
So many blessings, let this be one of them. Love & prayers are yours. Hugs
Posted by: Betty | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 11:30 AM
Very much hoping you get good news.
Posted by: Dorothy Judd | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 11:52 AM
Dear Kristin , good luck with your results today. All the very best from down under in Australia ,love and best wishes from Carole x
Posted by: carole Fitzgerald | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 12:19 PM
Will be awaiting your good news, n'aie pas peur! Thinking of you, and smiling. -- cathy/cj
Posted by: cj Warley | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 12:23 PM
I am sending a boat load of love and positive, beautiful thoughts to you, dear Kristin!
Posted by: Lisa Simon | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 12:24 PM
Thanking about you and wish you the best of luck and the best of outcomes!
Posted by: Sam Lynn | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 12:41 PM
Dear Kristin,
You are always remembered in my prayers and I'm sure the results will be negative of any dreadful disease. Not to worry, God will see you through..Cheers!
Posted by: Irene Tanedo | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 01:18 PM
Thinking about you Kristin. Sending positive thoughts your way. Both your family photos are great!
Posted by: Eileen - Charlottesville, VA | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 01:50 PM
Sending you good thoughts for a clear, positive result, and to remain that way! I'm sure you feel all that support from everyone around the world who follows your blog and wishes you the very best! Deborah in hot Melbourne, Australia.
Posted by: Deborah Carter | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 01:56 PM
Have no fear....all will be well, either way.
Love love love the family photos...such a beautiful family! Re: doggie bag...un sac de chien???
You contribute so much to the lives of others with your blogs....to say merci for sharing seems so inadequate. I have learned so much and enjoyed so much through the years.
Prayers and good thoughts for
you always, Kristin. Annette
Posted by: Annette Heath | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 02:12 PM
With you in thought and prayers, Kristin. The wait is the killer! Hang on, on day at a time. Trusting and hoping with you! The photos and just perfect!
Expecting a warm week to melt the snow on Cape Cod!
Posted by: Jan greene | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 02:21 PM
Kristin and family: Sending you love, good wishes, and prayers from Santa Fe.
Posted by: Cheryl Alters Jamison | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 02:34 PM
Kristin, after four years of college french how much conversational french was possible as expat in France?
Posted by: Ed from north carolina | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 02:38 PM
Kristin, I join the others who are send focused good thoughts to you today. Even with some fear, you face the issue head-on - such a good example!
Best wishes to you and your fine -and photogenic!- family,
Donna ( Texas )
Posted by: Donna Grieder | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 02:43 PM
Positive thoughts from Texas today. MN
Posted by: Meiling | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 02:45 PM
Kristi- Tout ira bien. Bonne chance et meilleur souhaits
Posted by: Ken Scupp | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 02:47 PM
Good thoughts coming to you from Phoenix!
Posted by: CathyJazz | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 02:48 PM
Salut Kristin,
Je vous souhaite une bonne santé, mon amie
Posted by: Herm in Phoenix, Az | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 03:17 PM
Thoughts and prayers are with you from Illinois as well.
Posted by: Rob | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 03:45 PM
Même pas peur et bonne santé, Kristin!
Posted by: Paula | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 03:46 PM
You will havethe graceand the strengthyou need. And don't forget thatyou have aguardian angel. Put that angel to work!
Posted by: Valerie McCaffrey | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 03:48 PM
I will chime in from Minnesota. Meilleurs voeux pour ta bonne santé!
Posted by: Hebe Shipp | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 03:50 PM
Happy New Year Kristin, may 2013 be a joyous fun filled and memorable year for you and your family. Greetings from warm Perth,(38-40 degrees celcius, )Australia. Sending good thoughts for today and merci for your lovely notes to us all. Pauline
Posted by: Pauline Kneebone | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 03:54 PM
Good luck on your punch biopsy, Kristin! Great pictures - neither you nor Jean-Marc have aged at all. As Smokey (or is it Braise) is looking up at the squirrel saying "Throw one more acorn and you're toast!"
Posted by: Bill in St. Paul | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 03:59 PM
Thinking good thoughts for you today, sent from St. Louis, MO. I go on Wednesday for my annual checkup and hope many of your readers are thinking about setting up their own dermatology appointments.
Braise - "Hey, is that a squirrel I see?"
Smokey - "Superstar! C'est moi!"
Posted by: Julie Farrar | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 04:00 PM
Love from Julie.
Posted by: julie camp | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 04:03 PM
Good luck Kristin. I have been there, I know the anxiety. I ended up having to have surgery for a positive diagnosis on my face. The surgery was quick with no follow-up treatment needed and I have been problem free for the ten years ever since. The worry is the worst of this but hang in there you will be fine. Positive vibes from Vancouver, B.C.
Posted by: Vivienne | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 04:09 PM
Kristin, you are in my prayers.
Love from Karene in So. California
Posted by: Karene | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 04:12 PM
Sending positive thoughts from Sebastopol, California!
Posted by: Gail | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 04:16 PM
Prayers are with you!
Ah, the plight of fair skin!
Posted by: Tom B, Jersey City NJ | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 04:22 PM
Sending prayers from across the pond. Hugs!!
Posted by: Lora M, Illinois | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 04:29 PM
My husband shares your posts with me because I was treated for melanoma (11 mm tumor) two years ago. I put the whole thing in God's hands and have had peace every since. Once in a while a little doubt creeps in and I remind myself of what a friend told me; "Do you believe or not? If you don't believe, don't bother to pray, and if you believe, don't worry." Good advice and may God bless you with good health.
Posted by: Deborah Rothenberger | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 04:36 PM
Sending sweet thoughts your way.
xoxo
Posted by: Karen from Phoenix | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 04:43 PM
Thinking nothing but positive thoughts for you with the appointment today. From Victoria, B.C Canada
Posted by: Lin Powell | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 04:49 PM
Bonne Chance, Chère Dame!
Posted by: Linda, Port Townsend WA | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 04:51 PM
Bonne Chance. Wherever you find yourself today, you have gone on the wings of a thousand prayers. Must make you feel light and airy. Lots of love and blessings.
Cold Cold Cold today but beautiful blue skies.
Posted by: Dina from Texas | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 05:01 PM
May the positive thoughts of all your readers lift you up today.
Posted by: Jean(ne) in MN | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 05:04 PM
Lots of prayers and hope and blessings are coming your way! xo patti
Posted by: Patti | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 05:24 PM
Thinking of you today and hoping that you will have good results from the "punch" biopsy. Thank you for sending the lovely family photos. My best wishes.....
Posted by: Cynthia Lewis | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 05:25 PM
Lifting up a prayer for you, Kristi. Peace be with you as you await the results.
The "then" and "now" pictures are great! You are blessed!
Posted by: Vicki, San Francisco Bay area | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 05:32 PM
Very positive thoughts are on their way. Remember to use your Mom's bouncers to keep out the negitive flow to your mind.
Jackie, CA
Posted by: Jackie Miller | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 05:34 PM
Sending loving thoughts, light, and energy to you and your family... and your doctor! Words of Julianne of Norwich come to mind: "All will be well, and all manner of things will be well." Prayer is coming to you from Rhode Island.
Posted by: Kate O'Kula | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 05:35 PM
Bon courage! Ces maudits cancers ne te vaincront point! Tu as le soutien de ta foi et de tes maints lecteurs.
Posted by: Barbara Berndt | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 05:35 PM
Thank you for sharing the good and the bad with us. You push us to think and to pray and to live fully, with joy.
Posted by: Amie James | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 05:49 PM
Hi, Kristin.
I am with Jackie, from CA:
Bring two strapping bouncers with you to the doctor or to the moments when you are waiting to hear the results. Then, in the waiting room, find a spot with three chairs.
Your New Year's post also reminded me of what a favorite yoga teacher used to tell us:
"Your mind can be like a bad neighborhood: don't go in there alone."
Thanks for letting us know about your appointment. I wish for the best for you.
Posted by: Leslie NYC | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 05:57 PM
Bon courage---and prayers for a good outcome and for a speedy one! On pense tous à toi.
Posted by: Cheryl in STL | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 06:02 PM
Think good thoughts about today. I will be. So, as Jackie suggests that you don't go into your mind alone, we'll all be there with you.
Chris W-C from Carmichael
Posted by: Christine Webb-Curtis | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 06:08 PM
Thank you very much for the prayers and good wishes! Jean-Marc began reading me your notes as we sat in the waiting room at the doctor's office (first, JM had to play my embarrasing sound file (for today's word) aloud, and tease me about that! His humor relaxed me, just as your notes have). After a needle to the nose and that "punch", it only took two stiches to tie things up this time. Results back in a week. Again, merci beaucoup for taking the time to send these words of encouragement. P.S. have you seen your dermato lately? What's keeping you?
Posted by: Kristin Espinasse | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 06:14 PM
Sending you bunches of healing Aloha from Kauai! Bill
Posted by: Bill Facker | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 06:30 PM
Good thoughts are with you for a clean biopsy. But you have handled every turn with true grace. Your family is beautiful and your life very normal. some of us dream of having "your life" in beautiful France and you give us that through your stories. Take care
Posted by: Susan Souza | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 06:38 PM
Bonjour chère Kristi,
Here in Albuquerque we are thinking of you, wishing you all the best for this new year, and especially for a positive result from today's test!
Thank you for the "then & now" photos of the family. We love your sharing them with us! The kids are so gorgeous, and you look as lovely in this recent photo as you do in the old one! How do you do that??
Much love,
Johanna & Will
Posted by: Johanna DeMay | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 06:38 PM
Kristin, we are praying for the outcome you hope for. I so much enjoy reading your blog and learning the French words and phrases you introduce. I love getting to know you and your family through your posts and look forward to the day we can meet somewhere in Provence.
Posted by: Laura Isenstein | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 06:38 PM
Kristin,
You inspired me to be brave for my first skin cancer surgery last March (I had another on the other side of my face 6 months later). Now I've progressed to treating pre-cancer on my jaw-line with a topical chemo cream.
If it wasn't for your fearless posting of your first skin cancer incision, I would have had beaucoups de peur. Thanks for putting yourself out there again and again.
I hope and pray that your most recent test will result in good news and no more stitches or scars!
Posted by: Rosemarie in Louisville, KY | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 07:15 PM
Wishing you only speedy good news!
Posted by: Mary G | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 07:21 PM
Kristin,
You have touched so many lives and continue to do so in such a gentle and gracious way. Good thoughts and prayers are being sent your way everyday..and are not limited to while you wait in the doctor's office or while waiting for results.
Your sharing your daily life experiences (and that of your beautiful family, as well) is a joy for your readers/friends. Thank you.
Patty
Posted by: Patty Blue Garni | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 07:28 PM
Best wishes to you Kristin as you wait for results, thoughts and prayers are showering you. Your example gives encouragement to others to visit their dermatologists.
Braise seems to be sniffing the air, maybe thinking ah, there are so many new smells here, I need to investigate...when will the picture-taking be over?
Smokey is simply feeling content and happy as a bug in a rug since he is cuddled up close to you, with your arm around him...just being with y.o.u.
Posted by: Pat Cargill | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 07:58 PM
Smokey and Braise are thinking "Is this ever going to be over?"
Best of luck with the skin biopsy.
Posted by: Grace McKee | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 08:07 PM
Bonne chance, Kristin, and I thought your French sounded excellent today, sans blague!
Posted by: leslie | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 08:57 PM
Our dearest Kristi,
Please know that you're in our prayers today (and always).
You are such a kind and loving person.Jesus forever remains your constant companion and will give you courage and strength to get through this examination.
ALL WILL BE WELL.
Feel this hug?
Thinking of you,dear friend.
Love, Natalia XO
PS Wonderful pictures of your beautiful family!
What a gift you have!
Posted by: Natalia | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 09:07 PM
I love the family photos! Braise seems to be dreaming up her next adventure while Smokey is pleased as punch to show the world how handsome and loved he is!
I am grateful JM brought his sense of humor along to comfort you. Holding you in my prayers and thinking sunny thoughts of you!
Posted by: Stacy ~ Sweet Life Farm ~ Applegate, Oregon | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 09:12 PM
You've got a lovely family, chère Kristin. J'espère que tout s'est bien passé chez le dermato. Bon courage!
Braise must have felt like JM, waiting for the photo session to be over. :-)
Posted by: Millie | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 09:21 PM
Dear Kristin,
I hope very much that your biopsy has good news. My heart goes out to you. The family portrait with the golden is beautiful. I wish we could enjoy as much golden sun as we wanted without any worries. What a coincidence to read your blog at this particular moment. I just returned from my visit to the dermatologist. Since I moved to Alabama I must travel close to 4 hours to see a dermatologist at the University which my previous doctor in Florida recommended. She did a biopsy of an irregular place on my hip, so now I must wait for the results. I'm thankful to have an expert taking care of me, just wish she was closer to my home. The bonus for this trip was shopping at the sales. New shoes, buy one pair get the other 1/2 half. Maybe that will take my mind off the biopsy.
All the best to you and family!
Posted by: Debbie Ambrous - www.AFrenchOpportunity.com | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 09:24 PM
Dear Kristin,
I thought I had to write again because after I wrote the first post I read on my niece's Facebook that I must share with you. It is a quotation from Maya Angelou:
"People will forget that you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
So many people are continually uplifted by what you say. Keep those thoughts locked in your mind and heart, along with the other treasures you have stored already.
Debbie Ambrous
Opp,Alabama
Posted by: Debbie Ambrous - www.AFrenchOpportunity.com | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 09:44 PM
Best of luck with your biopsy, Kristy! I'm having one this week, too. We'll both hope for excellent news.
Best,
Mary
Posted by: Mary Eichbauer | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 10:19 PM
Smokey is thinking: Thtffffft (a/k/a razzzz)
Braise is thinking: Is that a bird?
I hope your biopsy results yield good news.
Posted by: E | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 10:41 PM
All good wishes to you! Danielle
Posted by: Danielle | Monday, January 07, 2013 at 10:49 PM
You are in my thoughts and prayers as you await results. Thanks for so honestly sharing your challenges. Here's hoping you do not have to have ANY more cutting! It's been about four months since my latest skin graft after the most recent basal cell carcinoma was removed from my nose, and one good part of the whole ordeal was having a conversational opening to encourage people to get their weird spots checked immediately. Your honest sharing is benefitting many, I'm sure. Keep your chin up (and your sunscreen on, of course)! On the plus side, it's a great opportunity to collect and wear a lot of fabulous hats. Bless you! Sunny from Colorado
Posted by: Sunny Bridge | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 at 12:30 AM
Best wishes to you. I hope they don't make you wait too long for the results. I'm praying those who read the results will have a definitive answer. I had a shot in my nose this past summer and it was so painful! It made my eyes water and I wanted to slug the doctor! Absolutely the worst part of that day! I laugh now about my instinct to attack the doctor. Sounds like you have found some humor in the day which is so important in keeping your chin up (and your nose too! :)
Posted by: Janet smajstrla | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 at 12:51 AM
Bon courage ! Hoping for good news next week!
Posted by: Heidi | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 at 12:59 AM
So what's that gang sign that Jackie is making? Or maybe its a good luck signal to Mom?
Posted by: Vera Marie Badertscher | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 at 01:12 AM
Bravo to you for continuing your periodic exams and taking action to resolve any uncertainty! We will be thinking of you all this week with particularly positive, encouraging thoughts and wishes for peace and the best of health. Fondly, Leslie, with Henry and Bob
Posted by: Leslie in Portland, Oregon | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 at 01:26 AM
I hope that you get good results from your test.
Posted by: debra ashe | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 at 01:40 AM
Wishing you good test results! And, I think your question is a good one.... I think it's time I made an appointment to get checked out myself - so easy to let it go. You'd think I'd be hyper-vigilant with my husband having survived melanoma twice now! A bit of the 'head in the sand' syndrome for me! You're doing a good job of taking care of yourself! You should be proud of yourself!
Posted by: Judi Boeye Miller, Lake Balboa, CA | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 at 03:09 AM
I know what it's like to wait for results, and will pray for you.
Have the rest of the family checked themselves to be sure they don't have any irregularities n their skin? You all live in the same place, so they could have had similar sun exposure.
It is wonderful to have a picture of all four of you together - six, counting the dogs. It's a great shot of all of you, and one of the best of Smokey I've ever seen. I enjoy pictures of the family.
Hope you continue to settle in and enjoy your new home. Wishing you all a terrific year.
Posted by: Marianne Rankin | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 at 04:45 AM
Positive thoughts & prayers & hugs are being sent your way.
Posted by: Susan Carter | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 at 04:58 AM
Bonne chance Kristin!
Sending positive thoughts your way today.
Posted by: Dana | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 at 05:06 AM
Je vous souhaite TOUT ce que vous souhaitez, Kristin ! Toutes nos prières collectives vont vers vous et porteront leurs fruits.
Vous n'êtes pas seule.
Nadine, Napa, CA.
Posted by: nadine goodban | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 at 05:21 AM
The waiting is the worst part. I know, I have been through it also. Sending lots of positive thoughts your way! Take care of yourself and keep your spirits up! ((( Hugs! ! ! )))
Posted by: Sherrill Spencer | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 at 06:08 AM
Much good luck. We're waiting with you and wishing on stars that you receive good news.
Ronni
Posted by: Ronni Ebbers | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 at 12:22 PM
Like the others, I also wish you luck and a good result.
Debbie
Posted by: Debbie | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 at 01:33 PM
Chere Kristin,
Sending you lots and lots of love and happy thoughts your way...all will be well, all will be well. Stay positive and know that you are SURROUNDED by a world wide family, all praying for YOU!!! :)
Posted by: Kim | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 at 05:02 PM
Had BCC on my forearm at 28. Did not see about it 'til 3 years later. Even so, the damage was small. Won't wait again! I wasn't prepared for the extent of the previous biopsy on your forehead. Your mom's words from September 2011 made me cry. Meme pas peur. God go with you. . .and give you a BCC-free diagnosis.
Posted by: Liz | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 at 05:54 PM
Chere, Kristin,
Best wishes for a positive outcome ... sending lots of goods vibes from Southern California!
Gabrielle
Posted by: gabrielle tsabag | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 at 09:34 PM
I love the pictures of then and now! The dogs are saying "the whole family together, this is bliss!"
I hope all goes well.
bises
Posted by: Melanie | Tuesday, January 08, 2013 at 11:23 PM
Good thoughts and a prayer from South Florida! I hope for the best of news for you!
Posted by: Debbie | Wednesday, January 09, 2013 at 12:01 AM