My cousin is a couple weeks older than my baby brother…who happens to tower over me, but yes I can remember holding the blue bundle of joy when he came home from the hospital…so I have the right to call him ‘baby’! 
So my cousin is going on 24, and his facebook status says “One Month! 
” So his younger sister says ‘until what’, and he replies with ‘Lindsay you had better be joking’
She then replies with ‘hahahaha I didn’t know you got this excited for your birthday. Friggin sue me.’ I just had to LOL! All I can think about is this grown-up version of the little cousin I remember getting giddy over his coming birthday…which isn’t even a ‘milestone birthday’! And then the interaction between brother and sister…priceless. Thanks for laughs Evan and Linsday. 
My DH is a Freelance Flash Developer. Well, aspiring. He’s been working towards getting things going. In the process, he has built himself a splash page as a kind of digital business card. He built it using ADOBE KULER. I’m not really that familiar with Kuler, but what I do know is that it’s a way to mix and match colours that go well together based on mathematics…or something like that.
His site has multiple colour palettes, so that every time you visit the site, you can see a new one. Or if you want, you can just refresh your browser to see new ones. He also made the audio you hear in the background and the sound that comes with the roll-over.
Please come check it out, and if you like, leave me some feedback to pass on to him.
Sejflash
The end of the olympics was a great piece of Canadian history. Crosby’s goal was quite possibly the most memorable of all time and probably for years to come. While the rest of Canada is still coming down off this patriotic high, my family had to cut it short. We lost a young man to acute leukemia on tuesday, but the celebration was over the same day as he was rushed to hospital on Sunday. He had no prior knowledge of his illness and slipped into a coma that day. He was put on life support, they pulled the plug and was gone.
He was healthy in October when the mortgage company wanted blood work to insure the young couple. This illness takes it’s victims in weeks without treatment. That doesn’t leave much time to really discover the disease does it? We’re all just reeling from the shock.
He wasn’t someone I knew very well, he was actually the fiancé of my brother-in-law’s cousin, I believe we met once. My 4 year old nephew took it hard, as Kyle(rip) used to spend time with him. I’m so saddened by the fact that my little nephew already ‘gets it’.
What breaks my heart even more, is the poor girl who has to pick up the pieces and cancel all the arrangements for their wedding that was meant for June. And most of all, my heart breaks for the baby he leaves behind. My second son and this baby are only weeks apart, I just can’t imagine the fear this man felt when he was given his diagnosis. The pain of not being able see his son grow up. Not being there to protect him…these are things that scare me when I think of my own mortality-that there won’t be enough time.
I’m just still so shocked at how fast things can be taken away. Last week this man was thinking he was fighting off a flu and this week he is gone- from an illness he never knew he had! It happened so fast that it’s like the shock of a fatal car accident, but with the knowledge that if it had been found sooner, there might have been hope!
My own father died at the age of 41 from non-hodgkins lymphoma, and that seemed so young. This man was only 25, it makes it hard to believe in a grand ‘plan’. My father has 3 years to come to terms with his illness. Time to make ammends and say his good-byes, but really, it’s never enough time. My father withered away to just a shadow of his former self. I don’t know which is better…quick or dragged out? Neither would be best, but of course we all have our end, you just always hope you’ll die of old age. (and secretly wish you’ll be the first one to become immortal)
His funeral is Saturday, and even though life goes on, things will never be the same for his family.
My heart goes out to Jacalyn-his fiancé and Jack-his baby boy. I cannot imagine what you must be going through! Turn to the ones you love for strength, and make the most of everyday.
Love Kerri
