I'm only good at being young.

Didn't exactly wake up feelin' like p-diddy this morning .. I knew a strange day awaited me.  Before I left for school my sister & my brother in law came over to say their goodbyes. They moved to South Carolina today..  After we took pictures and exchanged hugs I took off for my first day of college. Luckily I had great favor when it came to parking.(You know parking is bad when you get so excited about finding a spot that you write about it in a blog) ..LAME.  I went to my first class and the professor never showed up, so my whole class sat outside in the hallway and got to know eachother haha. Perfect way to start college ? Maybe.   And I survived my other two classes !

                    Psalm 28:7 

 ⁷ The LORD is my strength and my shield;
       my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.
       My heart leaps for joy
       and I will give thanks to him in song.

I wasn't as nervous as I expected myself to be. Thank God. [literally]. 
I got everywhere on time and got back home in one piece. woowoo !


After I got home from school I headed off to get a haircut. 
.. Actually more of a hair CHOP. I donated 7 inches of my wonderful locks.Last time I donated my hair it was in honor of my friend Caty. There's only so much one can do for a cancer patient , so donating my hair made me feel like I was doing my part. This time when I donated , I did it in honor of my mama :)
Once I finished up with my haircut I headed up to the medical center to suprise mom with my new hair while she was receiving her chemo.

Chemo will start to kick into her system within the next couple of days. Mom isn't too excited about experiencing what she experienced with her last treatment , so pray she doesn't have to! Please & Thank you . 

Lots of love XOXO ,

Alex

First Post .. Here we go

It's been way too long since I've written one of these. I don't even know where to start.
So let's start with the basics.
Around May of this year my mother was diagnosed with TNBC [triple negative breast cancer]. Since that day,my life hasn't been the same. I walked the stage and graduated to the next chapter of my life, being a college student, just weeks after receiving the news. Never in a million years would I have pictured my graduation day with me carrying the thoughts that I carried. I also didn't imagine me staying so close to home my first year for college , but that's what's so funny about God. He likes to take the plans I make for myself and laugh , then show me how much better his plan is for me. Staying close by has proven to be just what I need right now.
The day after graduation I hit the ground running. I drove up to Camp Tejas in Giddings ,Texas to be a camp counselor. I worked up at the camp for about a month , then came home and we started taking care of mom. First step was receiving a double mastectomy. Even the day after surgery the woman was as joyful as could be. As she was healing from that surgery we went to an appointment with her oncologist where she was told on top of the surgery , she would need to receive chemotherapy. She didn't even fully recover from her first surgery before they cut her open again to insert her port , which is where she receives chemo. At the end of last month mom had her first chemo treatment . I knew chemo wasn't good , but I never imagined it to be so horrible. Mom didn't take the first round of chemo well, at all. As a matter of fact , she ended up hospitalized a few days after her treatment because of a number of things that went wrong. She has only had one treatment and she already started losing hair. We shaved her head a few days ago , and the woman is still beautiful. She receives her next treatment on August 23rd which just so happens to be my baby sisters first day of high school [ahhh!] , my first day of college , AND the day my sister and brother in law move to South Carolina. Very emotional day for my family , but if I've learned anything about us throughout all of this , it's that we can tackle anything together.

Prayers would be much appreciated for 23rd as far as chemo goes.

Lots of love <3
- Alex