Great News & bad news

So I can end this post on a happy note I'm going to share my bad news first. This past Friday I had an appointment with a surgeon. I have a place on my leg that won't heal and my primary care doctor told me I needed to see a surgeon to have it removed. The surgeon I chose is the son of the doctor I had when I was growing up. He too was a surgeon. This younger surgeon and I had a nice talk about his parents and his childhood. Then we got down to business. He told me I have solar keratoses. The place on my leg is too large for him to remove without leaving a hole in my leg, even with a skin graft. He noticed other stops on my arms that he said was the same thing. I thought these were just a result of aging. He has started me on a topical chemo treatment for two months, then he wants to see me again. For all you nurses, the drug is Efudex. The good news is it is not the type of cancer that will kill me. What is weird about this, I've never been a sun worshiper, have always used sun screen, mainly because I burn very easy.

On to the Great News. My son is getting married on November 20th!!! This graphic isn't entirely true. They have booked the wedding but he has not yet popped the question. They ordered the rings a couple weeks go and it will be in this week. After the ring arrives he will formerly ask for her hand. He already asked her daughter, Kati if he can marry her Mom. Kati is 5 and adores my son. Her response was, "well yes". This will be my son's first marriage at the age of 37 and Amber's second. She is 30. I looked for a picture of all of them together and could only find one from this past Christmas, but it wasn't very good. Trust me, there will be pictures in the future. Like my daughter, my son does not want a formal wedding. They are going to a mountain retreat in Tennessee and will be married there.

I am so excited!!! Amber is so sweet and will make a wonderful wife for Brian. There have been times when I thought he would never marry. He has been concentrating on school until a couple years ago. He received his BS in geology at the University of Kentucky, his Masters at University of South Carolina and his doctorate at the University of Alabama. He is now employed with a major gas company as a geologist. I don't know all of Amber's degrees, but she is the vice principle of a private Christian school.

A few months ago Kati asked her grandmother if Amber would marry Brian would her new grandmother love her. When Amber told me this I about cried. Isn't it interesting what goes through a little one's head. Kati is absolutely adorable, and of course, I love her. The big question is, what will she call me. My daughter's children call me Mawmaw, which I love. Kati calls her grandmother Mawmaw, so it may be confusing to have two Mawmaw's. This is a small detail we work out. It's whatever Kati would prefer.

One more thing about this lovely story is how they broke the news to me. I had called Brian on Saturday just to check in. He said he was on his way home from buying another dirt bike. He asked what I was doing, and wanted to know if I could come over later in the day. After he unloaded his bike he called me back and asked that I come for dinner. I told him I had a pot of soup on the stove, and he said that would keep. When I arrived we were all sitting in the kitchen and Kati was humming the "Here Comes the Bride" song. I asked, why are you humming that song? Then it dawned on me. I jumped up and hugged Amber then my son and then Kati. Can you believe that? Brain told me he was originally not going to tell me, until afterwards. He was just going to say they were going to her parents camp for the week. That's when I slapped him. They showed me the retreat they will be staying on the computer and Amber showed me some gowns she likes. With the wedding being less than a month away, she will have to buy something off the rack. She is planning on wearing blue. She said her Mom wore a pale blue gown.

This post is getting way too long. There will be more to come later.