HAPPY BIRTHDAY RACHEL!!!

Today is Rachel's 21st Birthday. My baby girl is 21. Unbelievable. I am so grateful and I thank God every day for her. She is truly such a blessing.

This morning, Illana called and said that I should tell Rachel not to leave to school yet because Illana wants to stop by and give her a birthday kiss. So Illana walks in, gives Rachel a kiss and then tells me that she has a surprise for me. In walks Mom!!! I couldn't believe it. She wasn't scheduled to return from Israel until the 5th of October. I was so happy. It's Rachel's birthday but, for sure, I got the best present. Mom's going to be staying here with us at our house because her apartment's being painted.

We went to Illana and Keith's for the first day of Rosh Hashanah and then we had 21 people here for the second day. I did a lot of cooking and was pretty tired but I was able to relax and enjoy. The weather was perfect and it was an amazingly pleasant day. I think everyone had a really nice time.

I had a pretty bad cold for a couple of days, but I'm much better now. Thank God I'm feeling well and so is Mom -- except for her knee. It's been hurting her and we're going to check it out. I'll keep you posted on that.

My next appointment at the hospital isn't until 10/5. We're getting close to my ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!! Unfortunately, that means lots of tests, including another Bone Marrow Biopsy (I think). They told me there'd by lots of tests, I'm just assuming that a BMB is one of them. Once again, I'm not looking forward to that and I'm going to insist on being "put out" for it. I'm not going to worry about it, either way.

Thank you again for following along. Thanks for all of your prayers and good wishes. Wishing all of my Jewish friends a happy, healthy & wondrous new year. Believe in Miracles!