500 days are coming up since I was diagnosed and it will be my 62 b-day. - I can remember my dad turning 62, my high school junior year. He was healthy and strong even with arthritis from age 12. He played ball with us in the back yard and kept us busy mowing grass both at home and at the church cemetery from 7 to 12. What a great example he was to us boys! He showed us a solid work ethic which was to never stop. His joke about mowing the cementry was "I have 400 people under me and no complaints"! Thanks Mom for marrying Dad. What a blessing you both have been.

Now I'm turning 62 on June 17th. On the 19th it will be 500 days since I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. The doctors and nurses have been great. Both kind and understanding, treating me well through the whole situation. I'm almost in remission but not quite.

My prayer requests include getting in remission, a stronger back through exercise because of the compressed disks, and to be a strong witness of God's healing power.

Hope that all is well with you. God is good all the time!