It's Been Awhile - Happy Easter

I just realized the other day that I hadn't posted anything on this blog since last December. Wow!

I've been working on my Poetry Blog for most of the year so far and promoting my children's books. I'm so close with the book sales to be able to send Ronald McDonald house a cheque. Sadly you have to wait until you hit $100.00 before they'll pay you.

Yesterday I went for a CAT Scan. What normally takes only a few hours turned into a 4 hour ordeal. It got to the point where I thought they'd forgotten about me and asked the nurse that hooked up my port if I would soon be seen. My appointment time was 10:30 and I left the hospital at 2:30. Apparently they had a lot of people coming in from emergency that needed scans.

I always worry that they'll find something. I'll find out the results this upcoming Tuesday when I go for my 44th Pemetrexed chemo treatment. The waiting is always a killer. It's hard to believe that I was diagnosed 4 years ago this coming September. Who ever thought I'd make it this far. It's been quite the ride to say the least.

Well that's about all the news for now. I hope that everyone has a safe and very Happy Easter long weekend!

My First Children's Book - The Day Mr. Beaver Met a Moose

Available on Amazon

I'm so excited that my children's poetry/storybook has been published and is now available on Amazon.

I'd written a poem called "The Beaver and The Moose" on +HubPages and later thought that it would make a great children's book. The only problem I had was illustrating the book. I cannot draw worth beans.

It just so happened that my good friend +Susan Holland has a relative by the name of Adam Privett who's a great artist, so she hooked me up with him. Adam read my story/poem and sent me his first drawing. It was exactly how I had imagined it would be, and much to my delight, all the illustrations were.

Wanting to help children I decided to donate all the proceeds to Ronald McDonald House Charities.

Within the story of "The Day Mr. Beaver Met A Moose", I'm trying to teach children about being a good samaritan by helping out your fellow friends when they need a hand.

My book is geared towards kindergarten children, but I'm sure younger children would enjoy the story too.

I'm hoping that this will be the first of many children's books to come.