Fathers' Day

Happy Fathers' Day to all the men in our lives. A mans influence is far reaching. He can influence everyone around him for good, whether they are family, neighbors, co workers, the person who delivers the mail, or the bag boy at the local market. I am lucky enough to have eleven men in my family who are wonderful examples for goodness. They are my sons, sons that married my daughters, my husband and my step-father Carmen. Carmen passed away last month and as the time goes by we are missing his great influence in our family. He accepted my children and grand children as his own and loved them all.

Here are the two patriarchs of our family. David Spears and Carmen Corcimiglia. I wish all of my sons and sons in law and my Husband a Happy Fathers Day.

Nana C

Dang! this computor almost won but I was presistant and finally found how to get on here. I would have had updates but ...... Now We are finally free of the Dr's for Carmen He took his last Chemo pills on June 14 and now no more Dr's for awhile He still has to get blood test.
We have a vacation planned and will go on a cruise and land tour to Alaska on the 28 June for 12 days We are excited and hope to get some good pictures I really wanted to be home when Sabtina and Eric brought little Leo to visit but they will be home soon to stay.We do not have the parties like the rest of you have but its fun to see all the cute things the G grandchildren are doing and how they are growing and having their own personalities. They are all so cute I have a hard time keeping up would like to see them in person occasionally. Leo is number 30 GG for me.Now that we all all well perhaps we can visit youall! Thanks for all the good postings and I hope I will be able to remember how I finally got on here Love you all Nana C

Hi we hope you enjoyed the general conference as much as we did So grateful for tv and to have it broadcast.
We are almost back to normal here Carmen is done with radaition and will be with chemo soon we will see the Dr. on the 21. He is enjoying home more now that he thinks he will not be going back to work at Carefree footwear. He especially likes to stay in bed later and not have to hurry off to someplace but he still does his business with the Shoe Lab opening accounts. I kinda like that as it gets me out to the malls.
Bryan is still at City Center I told him he just may retire from that place as they get a few floors done then the Co. decides to tear out the bathroom tile or the wall paper or toilet and last week they tore out tile on about 15 floors and that means taking off the sinks and sometimes the toilets. That intails about 100 rooms per floor,who cares how those contractors spend their money as long as it provises jobs for the plumbers.We found the hive for the bees that have made the backyard home for several years Its in the block wall and last weekend the hive swarmed but actually they just divided the hive and there are still bees there but Bryan has a plan for them this weekend.
I did not know that i did so much piddling around each day until that privilage was taken from me and I had to become a chauffeur for Carmen I miss being home alone and doing what I want to but who knows I may come up with a whole new career. until then Nana

Good News

Hi everyone Its been 146 days since Carmen was operated on for Colon Cancer and today Dr Ghandi told him that his blood count is almost normal and will get better as time goes by and he will not have to have the intervenous treatments he had planned for him. So you can imagine the joy Carmen and I felt as we left that office today It has changed Carmens attitude tremendously the last few hours. No more radiation either.I was getting on his case about getting out and walking again and he would not go but today he said "now that I know I am better I will walk" The Dr's will not give patients a false sense of hope by telling them anything until they are sure the treatments are working and that has been frustrating for us BUTnow we are on the up side of this heinous disease and the thing we are most grateful for is the prayers that have been offered in his behalf because we know that those prayers were heard and answered by our Heavenly Father I will not even ask for that beautiful white hair to return but will be happy with the black hair thats there and getting thicker every day. He has not had a hair cut since mid September 2007. We thank each and everyone of you for the prayers and phone calls and gifts that were given, Carmen will be on Chemo until mid summer but that has been a cake walk for him as he has had no side affectsNow to find a solution for "Cabin Fever" and get his mind filled with good stuff again is my goal. We hope that all of you will enjoy good health and not have to experience anything as severe as this disease can be. We love each of you and we plan to have a great summer and find a place to get away to and enjoy a vacation soon. Love to All Carmen and Jean