Elaine's Birthday

 Today is Elaine's birthday.  The other day I asked her what she wanted for supper and what kind of cake she wanted for her birthday. She said she would like chicken baked with mushroom soup over it. I had planned on having chicken that night for supper so it was already thawed. We decided to have her birthday dinner on Monday night instead of tonight. Then she told me what kind of cake she wanted. She didn't want a homemade cake or pie. She didn't even want strawberry short cake. She wanted a store bought cake with lots of icing and roses.. So Monday night we had chicken and store bought birthday cake. Tonight we will have pizza and blueberry cobbler.
 The last 14 months have been a little rough. I wasn't doing well health wise and then Elaine started having problems too. We struggled through the fall and winter as my strength and stamina returned slowly. Then in late winter we learned, what we had feared, that Elaine had cancer and would need surgery. Now here we are, both of us have had another birthday. I'm feeling much better than I did a year ago and Elaine has had her surgery and recovered. And best of all, the surgeon was able to remove all of the cancer and Elaine is doing fine. Life is full of challenges and obstacles that we have to deal with. We know what we have dealt with in the past. The mystery is what the future holds for us.
  I know what's in store for today. I have okra to freeze, sauce to make, and a pizza and blueberry cobbler to bake. I better get started if I'm going to get this done.