My Girl...

Yesterday afternoon the kids decided it was a good time for a swim. After finsihing Sarah's swim she decided to get camera happy! I was dusting the front room tidying up for my Visiting Teacher to come over, when she snapped these shots. Sarah is such a blessing in our family. Sarah has overcome some challenges that came our way when she was younger. I look at these pictures, ans think how beautiful, and healthy she is. Sarah had heart Surgery when she was 4. Things looked quite glim at this time in our world. I actually thought our world was crashing down right around us. Sarah came thru this challenge with flying colors. She has a heart that is 100% healthy now. When Sarah was right around 7 we where sitting in Sacrament meeting. I had my arm around her little neck. I felt a large lump on the right side of her neck. Sarah's lymph node was very in larged, and continued to grow the 2 weeks to follow. The Dr.'s feared it was cancer. Sarah had her lymph node removed. The Dr. was not painting a very positive picture. My Dad passed away of Hodgkin's disease which is cancer of the lymph nodes. I was being assured by the Dr. that today's medicine is different, and Sarah had a brighter future with treatment. I again felt like our world as we knew it was crashing down on us. Well,this little girl came thru it with flying colors. She didn't have cancer, just a very sick lymph node. Sarah is now a beautiful pre-teenager! Here are a few more pics. www.thechickalife.blogspot.com