I have lost a friend whom I chose to be my best man at my wedding 26 years ago. I didn't make a mistake when I asked him. I was best man at one of his four weddings. Johnny Wommack was the definition of a true friend to me. When I got sick he came to see me. There are so many memories I have with Johnny, and all of them are happy memories. His twin daughters were the light of his life, and his son was his proudest achivement. Johnny will be missed by many and by me for the rest of my life. There is a hole left in my life with his passing, simply because I can no longer pick up the phone to call Johnny and ask how it's going.

At the funeral there was a song they played that said "I cry for me". It sumed up how I felt, in that I am losing a friend like I will never have again.

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has been an interesting time for me the last month or so. I got to go to see two of my nieces win a state championship in lacross. Hopefully they know how special it is for sisters to get to play on the same team that wins a championship. Way to go Lacey and Jodie!

I also saw my nephew Luke get married to a lovely lady, Kelsey. Then Noah and Kayla announced their engagement(finally).

Lynda and I went to Las Vegas for three days, and I got a call from Beth that mother had a heart attack. She is doing well with no loss of heart function, but she is going to have bypass surgery on the 17th. We are all praying she will come thru with flying colors.

My best friend came to town because he found out he has liver cancer. I have known him for 30 years so he is like my own family. I only hope I can give him some encouragement to fight his cancer like I had to.

With every joy there seems to be sadness, I hope we can all look back to remember more of the joys in our lives than the sad times. I want to always remember the joy everyone has given me over the years. Thank all who read this blog, all of the friends and family I love so much.

Here is my "new" baby!

It has been a long time since I posted anything. I have been enjoying not going to doctors offices as much as the past year. I still go to get IV drugs once a month to help build up my bones. Pictures are of the crazy weather we have had the last few weeks. I rode my bicycle two days before the snow, and the dogwoods were blooming three days later. After the past year of battling Multiple Myeloma, I guess I have a bit of mid life crisis. I bought a "new" car. I had a Buick Grand National back in '87, and I always regretted selling that car. So, I found and bought another one. It only has 13,000 miles on it, since the owner kept it as a classic. I love having a car that I get comments about everywhere I go. Lessons learned going thru chemo seem to have been to enjoy life and if you can get what you want, go for it!

Al Gore lies! I haven't seen this much snow since a ski trip to Snowmass. We lost electricity for about 6 hours but stayed warm. It looks great but we lost a lot of tree limbs. Hopefully we will be able to get out of our driveway sometime today. I am feeling well, and get to go have another bone marrow biopsy on Monday. They are just checking to make sure everything is still OK.

Kayla's Birthday

Noah and I had a supprise birthday party for his girlfriend Kayla. We got a suite for the Maverick/Jazz game, the same night as the Cowboy/Eagles game. She was totally suprised by several of her friends and her mother, along with Beth, Doug, Paul, Holly and me. We watched live basketball and the Cowboy game on TV. The Mavs had food and soft drinks with the suite, and we ordered a cake for Kayla. Everyone seemed to have a good time(except for the Mavs, who lost). We stayed after the basketball game was over to watch the end of the Cowboy game. Most everyone was out of the arena except for people in the suites watching the Cowboys. Hopefully this will be a birthday Kayla remembers for a long time.
Love Bob

Merry Christmas to all. It was a busy week. On Tuesday I drove to corsicana to pick up mother to then drive to Lufkin. On Wednesday we drove with Neilla and Greg to Houston for my Uncle James' funeral. I then rode back to Corsicana to pick up my car with Beth and Doug. I drove home so I could drive down to Houston with Lynda on Thursday. We stayed with Lynda's brother Billy and their mother Hope, till Saturday.Christmas day we ate lunch with Lynda's sister Nancy and her husband Mark at their home. They have three lovely teenage daughters, Lacy,Jodie andRobbie. We drove home only to drive back to Corsicana on Sunday to get together with all of my family. Nothing says holidays like lunch at The Old Mexican Inn. I loved getting together with all of my family this Christmas. It really is special to have a loving family. This has been a long and hard year, hopefully 2010 will be better for everyone.

I love you all, Bob