This Week's Update [1/6/13] - Good-bye 2012 - Hello 2013

[The Weekly Update is an email that was started in the fall of 2010 to keep family and friends informed of my medical condition and has continued as a review of family activities.  Written by Zelma and edited by Steve. Working on adding past issues to the blog.]


Hi All,

As I put together the picture for this week's update, it was a good time to reflect on how much has happened this last year.  We started 2012 with Steve taking the really aggressive chemo treatment to give him the best chance to be healthy for Sarah and Mike's wedding in May.  It was a very rough (and scary) process, but the results have continued to be better than we could ever anticipate.

  The celebration of Mike and Sarah's wedding with so many family and friends was priceless. It was also a year full of other significant family life events - GJ moving to Rochester, Sarah being accepted into the Nursing program, and Matthew graduating HS and getting off to a great start in college at Oswego.

Woven through it all has been our biking and Steve's perseverance through his treatment to continue to ride.  I know neither of us thought we would have accomplished what we have this year.  I remember Steve telling his Aunt Jackie when she was at the wedding that he hoped to do 2,500 miles for the year if his health (and the weather) held up.  We have been fortunate to have both and New Year's Eve we completed 3,300 miles for 2012.  

This brings us to 5,200 miles since Steve's surgery.  In the photo, we are wearing the jerseys I had custom made to celebrate our 5,000 miles ride on 12/12/12.

We are looking forward to a great 2013 and miles for the year are 77 and counting...

Wishing everyone a wonderful year.  Take care.

Zelma