Blog 101 - To those of you who are new to blogs and blogging, I wanted to give a brief overview of how to use this site. There are authors and followers. Authors are Val and Connie. Followers are all of our wonderful support system that continue to follow Bru's journey through this battle. Authors create posts, followers can read posts and comment on posts that have been created. As a follower you don't have to log in in with an account or sign in to comment. If there is a post that you are interested in commenting on, just click the comment icon below the post itself. Once you have typed your post, you must choose an account just below the text box, choose anonymous! If you are looking for all of the posts to the blog, scroll down the page and look to the right of the screen, every post is listed there by month and day. It's listed chronologically starting newest to oldest. If you want to add pictures, please email me at emtp1124@yahoo.com with a description of the picture and the caption you would like underneath it. Blogging is very similar to Facebook and other social sites, but it doesn't have the ability to post things to the blog like you do people's walls in facebook. If you are having problems viewing the blog, it may be because of settings that you have on your internet browser . You can type the URL into your smart phone browser as well and see the blog pretty well. If you want updates sent to you anytime things are updated, subscribe to the blog by email. This option is at the top of the page on the right hand side of your screen just above the picture of Bruce. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at emtp1124@yahoo.com.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

An Update for All

I simply cannot tell you all how excited we are with Bruce's success with increasing his motor functions.  The man is on a mission here!!!  He is walking up/down stairs by himself, riding on the recumbent bicycle daily for at least 20 minutes (plus a 5-minute cool-down he insisted upon), walking as much as he can, dressing as independently as he can, and standing way more often than before.  Speech is still fragmented BUT he is happy, laughing, and adding spontaneous comments here and there.

Last night we had our daughter's best friend from high school, Rachael, and her 3 daughters, visit.  Absolutely adorable girls!!  Bruce decided he wanted to play his drums, so we turned up the music for him in the music room,  I pulled out percussion instruments, and all the girls and I (along with Carson, Connie's pseudo daughter) sat down on the floor watching Bruce play while we played along with him.  It was a very precious time for all of us, especially Bruce, who had a big grin on his face!!  Blessed to see him so engaged.  He kept the beat to the songs very well.  Music, as Bruce and I always said, soothes the savage beastie babies!  LOL!   Our granddaughters, Kenz and Maddie, were so happy to see Brampa.....well, so like Brampa  :)  Ahhh, all the memories we are making.

We will be flying to Florida this coming Friday, January 20th, to Ft. Lauderdale and then driving to Naples to stay for a week with all the kids/grandchildren. What a blessing that is!!!  Then Bruce and I will continue our journey to the Turks and Caicos, Middle Caicos, on Jan. 27 and staying for a week, possibly longer depending on how well he handles all of it.

I will let everyone know when we return so we can resume our visits from so many wonderful people :)  Bruce SO appreciates seeing friends/family as often as possible.  I believe that is also one of his major missions in life!!  So I will leave you for now and keep you posted as well as I can.  I will have my Internet connections in Turks and Caicos and I definitely plan to post/add photos while we are there so you can at least visit our paradise vicariously :)  LOVE TO ALL!!


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  1. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2012 at 11:10 AM

    Wishing you and your family a blessed time on your upcoming vacation.Your family is in our thoughts and prayers.Theresa Wolf(Michelles friend from girls day)

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2012 at 10:45 AM

    While Gloria and I are "a little late to the table" on what's been happening in your life Bru-Bru, please know that we're no less sincere and prayerful that all God's blessings will be yours and Val's as you face your cancer head on. You're a brave man Bruce and I am so proud of you for how you're living your life in spite of the adversity! We're so happy for you and Val that these travel scenarios are playing out so well! Looking forward to seeing you soon after your T+CI getaway. Our turn to come up there. When the weather's warmer,you+Val can come back to S Haven and we'll enjoy each others company there. You,Val and all of your family/friends are in our thoughts and prayers Bruce. God bless and keep you always my friend! Joe+Gloria Spoerl

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