Ever notice that it's way easier to help someone than to ask for help for yourself? Yeah. Me too. But here I am. I will be having pretty serious abdominal surgery Monday, September 23rd. Bowel resection where they take out a foot or so of intestines and then staple/paste/duct tape the two ends together. Surgery will take 5 hours. I'll be in the hospital for 5 - 7 days, then home recuperating for a week or two. As you may know, Chris and I are divorced (it's okay. Been a long time coming.) so I'm flying solo on this little "adventure." Tink and Silas and daughter-in-love Daphne will do everything they can but I'm hoping to take some of the pressure off them. If you can help by bringing an extra serving of whatever you're having for dinner or by stopping by in the week after surgery to make sure I haven't tripped over my own shoe laces, or just sending love and healing energy, I would really appreciate it. Like I said, asking for help sucks. But knowing I am surrounded by some of the kindest, most loving people in the universe feels great.