Seaside... The End

What an end it was.  After an okay Tuesday I felt like we were on the road to a fantastic second half of the trip. As Lee Corso would say... "Not so fast!".

Wednesday morning Everly woke up throwing up.  Yes, seriously.  I truly couldn't believe it.  We really considered leaving that day, but were afraid Everly would throw up the whole  way home, so we made the decision to leave Thursday morning.

We managed to enjoy our last afternoon in Seaside... these sweet babes didn't look sick!

So sweet together!

Playing in the Seaside Kids store.

Walker paid!

So, Thursday morning we headed home.  Looking back, there's no question that God knew what he was doing.  Almost exactly 12 hours after we left Florida, we were home in Conroe when my phone rang.  It was mother with the news that my brother has a tumor.  It was shocking and scary, but the fact that I was back in Texas meant that I could be with my family.  Less than 12 hours after that, I was driving my mother to Arlington so we could be with my brother.

Friday wasn't a good day.  Lots of waiting.  And, it turned out we were waiting for bad news. Googie's  tumor is malignant and aggressive.  Did I mention shocking?  Googie and Trisha are amazing.  He is so strong and ready to fight.  I believe in the power of prayer and they literally have an army praying for them.

So many people have reached out to him, my parents and me.  I can't tell you how comforting it is to know people are thinking about Googie and praying for him.  I really hate the circumstances, but it is amazing the amount of love we are all feeling.  Right now we are looking at silver linings and the positives.... and surprisingly, there are a lot of them.

I am so proud of Googie and Trisha.  They are so strong.  It is going to be a long, hard road, but they are ready.  Pardon my crass words, but he is going to kick cancer's ass!!