on a more serious note

i've just recently learned that a my friend Gen (Genevieve) has been diagnosed with a follicular tumor on her thyroid, and that there is a 95% chance that it is cancerous. she has four young children, and her youngest is 3 months old. your thoughts and prayers for her and her family in this difficult time would really help. it's a pretty scary time for them right now. i can't imagine what i would do if i got a similar diagnosis. it is hard for me to understand why bad things happen to good people, but i am amazed at her determination to keep a positive attitude and find something good out of all of this.

she will have surgery to remove the tumor next week on the 18th, and it will be a pretty delicate surgery. for those of you that pray, please pray that the surgery will go well, and that no complications will occur, that it will not be cancerous, and that if it is, they will get it all and it will not have spread.

thanks,

nora