Haley had 5th grade promotion yesterday. Next month she'll be 11. I started this blog the day before she started Kindergarten. All those old posts are long ago archived. I almost wish some weren't but that's okay. It was a very emotional day for me. This whole week has been emotional. My mom and dad sat on either side of me at her promotion. One of the teachers quoted Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield and that's when I cried a little. Then later they showed pictures of the kids in Kindergarten and then a current picture... I saw the picture of Haley so little and cried again. I thought about my parents and how back when Haley was in 1st grade I almost lost both of them. I kept thinking I really hope they'll be there for junior high, high school and college graduation (I told them they have to be there for her PHD graduation too... I have yet to tell her she's going that far)

Back on New Years Eve a friend of mine at work found out he had prostate cancer. He is 52 (younger than both my parents). He has been married for 29 years to a woman he loves very much. He's fighting it. They increased his radiation last week or the week before I can't remember as they all blur together. He was trying to keep working until the 15th before going on disability leave for a couple months. Monday he was too sick to come in, Tuesday too... then Tuesday he turned in his phone. He isn't coming back, not even until the 15th. It's breaking my heart. I want him to be okay. I pray for him all the time, think about him all the time. He's been one of those who has supported me so much through all the turmoil from last year. He has given me advice on everything from career to relationships. He expresses how proud he is of me when I succeed at things. I am just so thankful for the friendship I have with him.

All week everything has made me cry. Last week was the same. All I can do is pray and send him my love and thank him for all the support he has given me and offer my support back to him.