Sherry is doing great.   She is out running around everywhere and having a ball.  She is totally being a kid living her life.  She went to another track meet for the 8th grade and had so much fun.  The kids were great and she even held the blocks for a classmate. She is owning this all totally and so wants to get on with her life.  People do ask questions and she gets looks and always will yet she is so ready for all and her wit will get her through so happy.  The leg is great. Still healing and we go Monday to DR Miller and see about it.  It will be a good step when she gets released for PT and to actually have her prosthetic will be a huge moment and start of another long step to getting fully right.  

Now She was blessed to be with us all graduation week and not do Chemo.  Yet next week that should begin again.  An interesting occurrence is her head oncologist at Stanford is leaving and so we will have a new oncologist.  One thing we will stay in touch with Iowa City as we deeply want to do the lung surgery after our next round of chemo.  Only if it is right yet we will push hard for this as Sherry is doing amazing.  I understand it's cancer and so many have come back yet our plan and Sherry being Sherry with all the support from everyone in prayer and positivity and action has so succeeded to this point.  Truly hoping for a great round of Chemo and lung clean up after. 
Oh so love that girl.  She is simply fun to be around and a great kid. 

So I left and came back as I realized suddenly Sherry had a pizza day at Gehlen with her class.  She wasn't supposed to tell anyone not even Ayla as it was a surprise so I said I wouldn't tell her.  That was a mistake because I forgot and she wouldn't have told anyone if I said not to.  We were a half hour late and as I whipped up and was beating myself up Sherry said one thing I've learned Dad in all this is don't look back so be in the present now Dad and move forward.  And of course all went even better.

Once we walked in Addi and some girls were right there smiles ear to ear and Sherry come to the Library and from there she is into Gehlen deeply.  People came out and of course can Sherry stay and of course the answer is yes.  So big a smiles from everyone and sooooooo much love and caring.  She was off and into the day the Gehlen way.  She went to go up the elevator and upstairs and other classmates came and where's Sherry.  Smiles everywhere.  OOOH how good it makes you feel and I know right now that kid is so happy.   Talked with the office and principal Brian and just said thanks for how well they taken care of us and love us and then gotta go cause the tears come from deep inner thankfulness and utter humility of being so blessed.

And we are so blessed with the love from everyone and prayers so deep everywhere.  A beautiful connectivity is happening and so much wonderful spirituality and love of God and life.  At Iowa city I so realized our country is so hungry for Spirituality and love of Lord, each other and life.  That's probably why evil tries so hard to stop any of it and definitely evil has come out of the closet and wants to be worshipped and obeyed publicly.    Lets just keep sharing the Love and beauty of the Lord Thy GOD and the deeply personal relationship we can have with The One and each other together.  

As far as realizing our blessing we see there is always someone who has it harder or worse.  We heard a girl from MOC has died recently of cancer.  True prayers for her family and their loss.  Oh so truly feel the sadness they must feel.   So deep a prayer to them and the beautiful soul that has passed.   And it's something how things can hit you you don't see coming.  Last night at Zoe's senior class award ceremony where they announce a ton of scholarships they have they announced the Dylan DeRocher scholarship and as soon as they started talking about it I began to cry.  I tried to keep it in but kept coming out and I could feel Xin crying to but could not look at her because I would have lost it.  Tried and tried to keep in down and then they announced the winner and it was a tie so two kids and one was Zoe Wittkop.  As soon as I heard her name I lost it and bawled so deeply.    I feel soooooooooooo deep for their family.  A beautiful family and for their loss.  Dylan means so much to us and his soul and family because of the Lemars connection and also I got to hang with that kid a couple of times and he was such a stud and good kid.  To lose a child is the one thing no parent wants to ever go through so always he and they will be in our prayers and soul.  We took a picture afterwards together and God bless them all.  Truly a deep and meaningful THANK YOU... 

A little shout out to last Wednesday my Golf partner Dave Miller.  On that round and with the fellas we played with and clubhouse afterwards and on the ride to Iowa city I got truly well and forward again.  I was struggling some with moving forward truly happy inside with Sherry's leg.  And those two days and our talk together I got well and forward again.  I truly can say I am so utterly excited for Sherry's life and future and as the Team Sherry shirts say the comeback is stronger than the set back.  I so feel that now and utter excitement for this life She has and the leg she will have and the future she will live.  That kid is amazing and the love and support even more amazing and what all will be will be so wonderful is so many ways.  Gotta finish of this cancer and clean up the lungs and move forward to this wonderful life for our beloved Sherry Jo Wittkop. 

A shout out to all the kids that got all those scholarships.  I am not one that likes to sit through ceremonies and I have dodged them in my life yet last night I enjoyed every minute.  All those good kids getting all that wonderful money and all those who gave.  It was so good for them as college is not a good deal anymore.  In fact it's a bad one yet you can make it a good one and getting out with the least amount of debt is the biggest part of making it good.    Again there are sooooo many good kids out there today and I wish them so well in living their life.  

So everyone I feel it so fully at this moment.  Feeling utterly blessed and knowing so deep in my happy soul how gooooood it is to be us!   God bless you all and thank you soooo deeply for all your prayers, love and support.  Enjoy being you today because we are here.  A big smile and Thanks again and Thank you Lord and blessing us so fully and making life so good to be us...  🙏