A Foolish Report

For My Vic-TREE Support Group

Wed. April 1, 2009 April Fools Day!


I've never been a fan of practical joking! It's always made me uncomfortable and ill at ease. However, April 1st was a teachable moment for my kids(and
students). I had to let them know what the day was all about. Afterall, I'm a mother and a teacher.

My fondest memories are when my kids were small and just learning what the day meant. They spent all day saying, "Mommy, look, you have a bug on your head"!!!!!
Good one...

As they grew older and wiser, it was harder to come up with something before they did. A couple of my favorites:

Arielle was maybe a sophomore in high school, the boys were off to college. I went into her room and declared, no school, due to SNOW!!! She believed me! Not too
cruel, and it worked.

My other favorite, also fooling my poor daughter, she was a junior in high school??, I told her that her very kind and generous godfather, Uncle David, decided to bring
Arielle on their family vacation to help babysit there younger kids at the time. Well, of course they were going to Hawaii, and of course she was ebulliently, exuberantly all for it. And Uncle David is extremely generous, not too far a stretch. She believed me, I was starting to believe me. She shared the news all day at school with friends, at work with customers(You get the picture). When she came
home at the end of her day. I said, "OOOPS, April Fools!!" I'm not sure she's forgiven me for that one yet.


Change in subject: Story of my life!!!!!

I just finished reading yet another book on the B.C. topic. This one is about prevention of the disease.
It lists many things to stay away from:

> Don't smoke - check
> Stay away from caffiene - check (I've never drank coffee)
> Limit your alcohol - (I don't drink)(O.K., maybe a frozen magarita every 6 mo. or so)
> Eat a healthy diet - (Hello, spinach and black beans)
> Exercise - Are you kidding me, everyday of my life since I was 16!!!!!


O.K., so it may be environmental (chemicals and such). Who knew I was supposed to live in a bubble.

So, here I wait for the doctors to call me and tell me the biggest April Fools joke of my life.

"Theresa, we seem to have made a mistake, it was Tessa Herbert's pathology report we read to you, Not Theresa Hebert's. Ooops!!

So, I'm waiting for that phone call. In the meantime, I'm off for more blood work, more Chemo, More doctors appts., waiting on surgery in June (my hair to grow back)
and radiation to follow.

In spite of all that, I remain, Positive, Hopeful, Crazy (So Crazy, You could say, I'm just one raisen short of being a fruitcake)!!

Enjoy the day! I plan to.

CEO, Theresa, Tree, Nini, SF