Life Is Good... How Do I Keep It That Way?

Well summer is finally here and so far, it's been great! It's really nice having Robert home for a little while. He is always so busy with his job and most days during the year, Caroline only gets to see him for 30 min. at lunch (some days) and a couple of hours after work before he's off to another rehearsal for band or Attache'. So summer is just what she needs. Every day so far she has woken up and said "Daddy doesn't have to go to work today?" "No." C:"YAAAAAY!" It's sweet. I think he likes it a little too. ;-) Summer is what he needs too. He runs through the school year on about 4-5 hours of sleep every night, and sometimes less if he's writing music for something. And that sleep is usually interrupted around 4 a.m. with a wiggly 3-year old joining us in the bed. So it's definitely a needed break for him. I really don't know how he does it. I'd be a royal b*tch if that were me. :-) Anyway, we've had lots of fun so far. A couple of nights of backyard camping and roasting marshmallows, a trip to Gatti Town, and a few backyard cookouts with family so far. This week starts pit rehearsal for the summer musical so Robert will be doing that a few hours at night. We've got a couple of trips planned for us, so C will get some quality grandparent time. We're heading to Hot Springs for a trip we won at the Attache silent auction. Can't wait to sit in some hot springs! Then we're headed to L.A. to watch the Dodgers play a couple of games. I've never been to California, so I'm super excited about that. Then before we know it school will start.
It definitely goes by way too fast. Sometimes I wish I could just freeze time. That would be really nice. Just let this time last a little longer. Everything with everybody is good right now. Even Jack. He feels great, he looks great, he's even walking great. So can't we just stop? Right here? And let this last...... One of his little cancer friends, Abbie, has gotten a bad report. Her cancer is spreading. There's nothing more they can do and her mother had to hear the words "She has 2 months to live." I cannot imagine that. Her mother must be thinking exactly what I'm thinking..... can't we just stop right here and let it last forever? That would make it all better. We don't know what is yet to come with Jack, but I can't handle those words. God has to have something great in store for him, some big plan for his life that is going to come from all of this. Something like - this experience will drive Jack to be the doctor who cures cancer one day. Or something else great like that. It can't just be that in 7 years Susie Q decides to donate money to cancer research because she knew "that sweet little boy who died of brain cancer." I can't handle that. "God never gives you more than you can handle." I CAN'T HANDLE THAT. Are you listening God?? Can you hear me? I CAN'T HANDLE THAT...... I'm going to act like this is life as it will always be. I can't sit around and harp on the possible future. So, for now, life is good. But how do I keep it that way......?