Latest update ---- we met with The Count this morning. We are probably looking at surgery for the end of June. We go back to him on June 9th and he will confirm the exact date then. We will also meet with the stoma therapist prior to surgery so Chuck can be "marked" for that part of his surgery.
All in all, things are progressing along and we're looking at the big day with mixed feelings. We're anxious to get the tumor "out of here".
Side note: Those last three words remind me of a story that Chuck use to read to the kids. Hey kids, do you remember WHICH story? There were always some stories that you just had to read with a certain expression or loudness or accent. Well, this one was no exception. It was a Christmas story about the donkey BEFORE he was chosen to take Mary to Bethlehem. There was a time when a man was angry at the donkey and with raised voice and probably fist yelled: "Get that miserable beast out of here!" (So, Kids, close your eyes and imagine you are in bed listening to Dad read the donkey story and then reread the sentence with that same voice that Dad used so long ago!)
READERS: Now for your "homework"
What were YOUR favorite books or stories that you were read when you were younger or that you read to your children now? I would enjoy hearing which ones and why they're your favs! I want LOTS of comments here!!!
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I tried this once but it didn't work so I guess I need to be brave and try again. I appreciate the blog. I think Cyndy set the stage well and when Chuck started his contributions it made him seem so much closer and allowed us to know how he was thinking and feeling. You all are in our thoughts and prayers.
Interesting story: I had an appointment with my nephrologist the other day and he asked about what went on in the previous 6 months since he had seen me and I mentioned Eric's surgery, Ray's fall, my continuing back problem and my son-in-law's diagnosis. He immediately started asking about Chuck's treatment, management etc. and he kept nodding his head in agreement. He asked where he was--I think he thought he was in this area. I am not sure what he would have done if he was but he was interested in it all. When he escorted me from the room he mentioned again his thoughts for my son-in-law. I thought that unusual but I do have some good doctors.
Just thoughts from NY. Hope this works and will be in contact.
"you are not my mother, you are a snort!" is BY FAR my most memorable line from ANY story EVER read to me!
those 9 words brought forth plenty of laughs! almost as much as "sofa" or "nothing? nothing? nothing, tra la la!"
(please don't ask my why "sofa" was so funny. for some reason, no matter what was going on, if brian even uttered the word "sofa", it would make me bust out laughing every time! what can i say, young minds are easily amused!)
Of course I remember that line from "Small One!" And how could we forget Dad's famous voices that he added to every story? I always liked the voices that he used for Calvin and Hobbes when he read me those comic collections. Every character had their own special voices, from Calvin and Hobbes themselves, to Calvin's Mom and Dad, to annoying Susie Derkins (was that her name?). Even the aliens and pirates and other figments of Calvin's imagination were voice-specific, and I really made sure the voices remained consistent! He must have read every single one of those books at least 3 times each, so I definitely got to know the voices of all of the characters and held him to it! ("Hey, that's not Calvin's teacher's voice, that's his babysitter's!")
Marcia actually stole my most memorable children's book line, which was the SNORT line from "Are You My Mother?" That's definitely the line that stands out the most, for whatever reason. I also remember him reading "Maybe You Could Fly a Jet," and laughing at me when I declared that I wanted to be an iron worker based upon that book. I don't know why, but the illustrations must have made iron working look very exciting and glamorous.
Of course, that was before I decided that I wanted to own and manage my own restaurant when I grew up, so I must have been about 4 years old then when I was still an aspiring iron worker. (For some reason, I just had to make that distinction between owning AND managing the restaurant...I guess I just wasn't going to be one of those silent partner owners, I wanted to be a real hands-on kind of guy! Maybe I was concerned about cutting back on unnecessary overhead and labor costs by not hiring a separate manager? Maybe I understood that if you want something done right, you've got to do it yourself? Or maybe I just thought it looked like fun to fill up people's drinks and ask them how their meal was?)
Anyway, there are so many other favorite books that I can't even think of them all. I do remember Dad reading the Berenstain Bears "Spooky Old Tree," and reading the "Up a ladder...through the floor...down a slide...and out the door!" part really fast at the end as the bears try to escape the Big Sleeping Bear. I also liked the book "Caps for Sale," and how he would call out "Caps! Caps for sale! Fifty cents a cap!" He also did the monkeys' part from that story really well, too (although I'm not sure that's something to brag about). Another one of my favorites was "Hooper Humperdink...Not Him!" I don't recall any specific lines from that book, I think I just liked the name "Hooper Humperdink!" (Maybe not as much as Marcia liked the word "sofa," but it ranked right up there.)
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