Sometimes Timing Means Everything...

Starting wtih Dr. Graff  saying, "I think we will start your chemo on December 14 so that you will feel better for Christmas," to Windy being able to plan a visit with her family coming from Oregon and scheduling our family photos with Tamy Budiardjo, with her Cancer Warrior session on Tuesday, December 27 so that my hair was not yet gone,  to the beautiful weather on that day, the timing could not have been more perfect.  And, mostly everyone was healthy!  So the only one we missed was Matt Lammers but he was definitely with us in spirit.  

A special thank you to the Lammers-Meis ladies for making all the pink scarves!  Talk about timing...crunch time that is!

Also a word of thanks to Greg and Ann Lewis for toting and generally taking care of us through the photo shoot.

A word about Tamy Budiardjo

This remarkable young woman had been doing wedding photography when her mother Tuty Budiarjo became ill with pancreatic cancer.  Tamy then began donating her time taking photos for families dealing with cancer.  She lives in Lawrence, KS, and is working on her Speech and Language Pathology certification at KU.  She braved our dozen grandkids, lots of doggie do and many silly suggestions for photos from all of us with a gentle smile and a director's eye.  Thank you, Tamy!

One little bugaboo...The Stephenson family had to spend five hours waiting for their delayed flight home to Oregon...Thank you for all you did!