Sunday, October 4, 2009 - It's been awhile, so here's an update. Mady is hanging in there and doing pretty great. She still gets her every-few-weeks lumbar puncture and injection of chemo into her spine, and she still takes about 9 various pills each night and a couple in the morning. Her hair is getting long and is much curlier than it used to be.
Mady is enjoying the 10th grade (I think), and for the past couple of weeks she's REALLY been enjoying our Sunday morning driving lessons in the huge empty Macy's parking lot at the Burlington Mall! She reminded me a few weeks ago that she's 15 1/2 and can soon get her learner's permit (arrrgghhh). So, for the past couple of weeks we've been at the mall way before the stores open, and she's been practicing starting, stopping, turning (with signals, of course), backing up, some parallel parking, and even getting some speed in 2nd gear. We've been using my manual-transmission car because she very much wants to learn how to drive a stick shift. She's doing amazingly well... I can tell she is motivated to be a good driver.
Thanks for still checking these pages dear family and friends!
Day 759: Still going...
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Hi everyone, Even though I haven't written, I still check on Maddy and the family. Glad for the updates. Tell everyone Hi from Fl. Lad and BEv. P.S. Still think about you often.
Hooray for the tenth grade and learning to drive!! Steps toward the next steps of growing up, up, up.
We often talk of you all with love.
C. is looking forward to Thanksgiving, too.
Hugs from Texas,
Connor, Donna and Charlotte
Yeah, Mady! Hope you and Julia have a wonderful Fall at your schools. Love, J,T,F
Brava for Mady learning on a manual transmission. All 3 of our kids are proud they can drive stick shifts and still do so. Tell her that we're expecting her to avoid distractions like cell phones, iPods, and tapes or CDs, the causes of too many accidents. The comic strip Zits last year had some great sketches of this excruciating process of young person achieving greater independence and parent learning to trust. Best wishes, Lilli's Mom
At last!.....What good, welcome news!...And, learning to drive! I think Mady will be careful regarding the big responsibility of controlling those horses! Love to all.XXXXOOOOGP &E
I was so glad to read your update and hear things are going well.
Learning to driver -- especially a stick shift -- is tons of fun. Savor the moment. I am sure you'll be an awesome driver.
Hi to all.
Best,
Martha Tuner
Happy driving. Joel learned on a stick shift too. Good idea. Gives you some street cred. Have fun tooling around.
Carlee B
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