OK, OK, I Lied.

I said I would post over the weekend, but I couldn't wait. This afternoon I heard the news that Senator Ed Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. I felt bad for him and his family. I have an inkling of what they are going through.

The tumor is in the same family as the one Justin has--a glioma. However, they called it malignant. That means he is in grade 3 or 4 of the disease. Because of his age and health, his prognosis isn't very good. I just heard on the news that he might have a year to live. They will treat the tumor as they can with radiation and chemo. Justin is in grade 2, which means it is slow growing. They don't call it malignant in grade 1 or 2 because it is not aggressive. He has his youth, his health, and time on his side. It may be years and years before a change of any kind.

I emailed Justin and told him that I have the whole long weekend off for Memorial Day, so if he was going to be alone, I could come up and visit, take him out to eat, go shopping for stuff he might need, or just hang out. There is some yard work to do at the farmhouse where he lives and I was thinking of working to make that look real sharp. I heard from him later in the day. He is so busy already, there is no time for a visit! I had to laugh. What a great way to get back into normal life--90 miles an hour. He has training and all sorts of things for the next two weeks before camp begins.

The camp is used for the first 3 weeks by the Catholics in the area. They bring up their own counselors with the kids, so Justin will be the 2nd counselor in his cabin. He will be the one that runs things, the other counselor will be there to manage the kids. Nice. These are little kids, so he will do great. He will have younger kids for the first three weeks, then they will be junior and senior highers later in the summer. He will be able to get his stamina back before the older kids get there.

It is so fun to watch the Hand of God at work.