Chars Life and Times

Today I spent the day with my sissy SharonLynn and my hubby Brian. Well, maybe I ought to explain that. Sharon is actually Brian’s sister, but we have been as close as sisters can be since we first met so I call her my sissy. 

Sharon lives in Florida and has brain cancer among other things.  She first found out she had brain cancer about 9 years ago and has fought like a dog to stay alive and active since then. She has outlived the doctor’s predictions who said at the time she was diagnosed that she wouldn’t live more than a few years since the tumor was inoperable. I have to admit that she’s had her ups and downs and there were some scary times during these past few years that we thought she wouldn’t make it, but she’s always jumped back and fought hard.

We don’t get to see each other that often since Sharon lives in Florida and I live in Illinois so it’s always a treat when she gets the great idea to drive up to see us. Yes, she surprised us again this time.  About a week ago, she had pins put in both of her legs because the bone in her legs is not working right. She still had the determination to drive all the way up here to see us.

We spent the day visiting the local antique store and wandering around the mall. Sharon bought me three charms that say “I love dogs” and “dog lover” on them to put on my cell phone. I’ll treasure them forever. She loves cats and I love dogs so we had to stop at Love at First Sight and visit the kittens and pups. Of course, as usual, Sharon found two sweet white kittens she wanted to take home with her and I found a cute little black terrier puppy that I just knew loved me.   But since she has to drive all the way back to Florida and I sure don’t need another dog, we had to leave them there for someone else to adopt.  Hopefully someone else will adopt them soon.

We ended our day at the new Asian-Chinese buffet in town. It was really good, but of course now I’m miserable because I ate too much.

It was so nice to spend time with Sharon. She wanted to come over next weekend on Halloween, our favorite holiday, but because I had some plans that might happen, she came this weekend. We always have such a great time together and are thick as thieves that sometimes it ticks Brian off because we pick on him. But he manages. lol

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