Current events in the world

Today I'm thankful for...
I found a new love, SYNERGY all natural drink
Spending most of the day with my son Carter
My iPhone (now I think I mentioned that before?)
How great my wife and our relationship is!

If you haven't noticed, I changed the website to a more fitting "Pink Ribbon" decor. If this is the first time on our Molina-Wilkerson caringbridge site, you'll have a idea what I'm talking about. So, sorry to confuse you.

I know that I said that I'd have a link to a calendar for everyone that would like to be involved in helping us through this trying time, but it hasn't happened yet. I'm working on it. Also, you may have noticed that when I get time, I will fill in the holes in this journal. So, you may want to go back to previous days and see if I have added a happening here or there (or you may not want to also).

I have been thinking about this journal in the last two days and how adding important events going on in the world as we struggle through this difficult time in our lives? I have seen other people keep there thoughts in chronological form and use some significant "news of the day" to relate their experiences? So, I though "great idea" let's begin in today with some recent "significant events".

I started thinking I would write something first about Michael Jackson "the singer/dancer" dying, but I could remember the date or really any of the details of his death, so I'm not sure how "significant" though I guess news worthy his passing was?

Then today I had heard that the 20 year old space shuttle program at NASA could have it's last shuttle ever orbiting the earth? I heard on the radio they can't solve the heat tiles falling off the main fuel tanks on take off? And as we all found out a short while back that these tiles can be catastrophic to the survival of the shuttle on earth's re-entry. But then I thought well it's been 20 years and as I understand it; the program was ending soon anyway, so how "significant" is that?

So how about the two fires burning north of Reno for three days now (Redrock and another), but then again we have umpteen fires a year around here. Unless you live in this fire's path, not so sure that that's "significant"?

Then it came to me! The countries recession, now that has to be "significant" after all it effects us all? But when I really analyze the facts; I began to think recessions are cyclic and this one will end like the one did in 1984, or 1992. Maybe the "significance" to this thought is that most things in life change constantly around us if we wait long enough, so our family's "significant negative events" will become positive with time. and the only thing being "significant" to me at this time was the fact that my wife gets better, and that our baby comes home healthy!

I know that I've been talking mostly from my perspective in this blog (someone mentioned to me that what I was doing here is called blogging, and that people do this a lot on-line to document their lives, at first I thought they said I was BRAGGING not blogging; I'm not sure that they aren't closely related?) Anyway, so I wanted to make sure that Lulu's perspective was also included (at least once). So, I pried a little for her to voice her opinion, worries, and thoughts on everything that's been going on. Her answer to me was that she's only worried about what happens tomorrow. "It's to late to worry about today, and there's no reason to worry about what happens after tomorrow". (I was sure that she was quoting someone with that one. If not, that's why I love her so much. Lulu's has that ability to grab a hold of the short term, and never really even touch the future). It donned on me that's how she can stay so positive in the face of her diagnosed breast cancer! I'm starting to believe that I married Wonderwoman, but instead of her wearing that red, white, and blue superhero costume; she has been sent to me wearing a thin cloak, and I have began to see parts of the white feathery wings; only to be seen by me. I long for a time; one where I might be engulfed by those guardian wings most will never see in their lifetimes. How truly lucky I can say that I am!

Both Lulu and I went to see Lourdes today at different times. She has been moved again to a spot that she knows well. One week ago Lourdes was moved from this same position all the way a crossed the room. Now she's back to her familiar place by the window in the "Pink" room. She looked good today to both of us. There's not a day that goes by that we don't hold her now (except for the day or two that we've been in SF). Lourdes has the thin face and body. She has the look of Thomas our 6 year old, but the eyes of her mommy (let's just hope the brains of her daddy?) She has her eyes open many times when we first arrive to hold her. Lulu and I believe that she knows our voices and is trying to see her mommy and daddy? Just a subtle thing like that is "significant" to us, especially since for the first two weeks of her life we didn't get to see her eyes or hear her voice. I love just being there holding her close and looking into those eyes, and hearing her breathing.

All of us with kids should remember to look into our kids eyes frequently, and if their too old we can't listen to their breathing, listen to them talking. After all this, I don't take even the smallest events for granted, because one day when those kids have grown up you may no longer get those chances to look into their eyes, hear their voices, or hold their hands? I know that I can't share enough time with my family.

I think that I really like this BLOGGING thing, but only because I get brag too as I put all my thoughts down. I'm finding that this is kind of therapy for me and it helps me look forward to my tomorrows?