A great Sunday....

We hope you had a great day today. We did. There were no visits to the hospital. No catching up on work. Just a trip of discovery, relaxation and fun. Yesterday I slept most of the day away, catching up on my needed rest. Trish ran out with Aunt Mary and than Trish and I went to Mass at St. Patrick's in Havre de Grace. It's a quaint, small very old church.

Today Trish and I went on a journey. We started out heading to Gettysburg, PA. The thought was that there would be lots of history to keep us busy, keep our minds off of all things hospital and leukemia related. We made the drive to Gettysburg, toured some battle fields, had lunch at a local diner. Rachael Ray would be proud of Trish -- Trish stepped up and asked the locals for a suggestion and it was a good one.

We then headed to the Adam's county Apple Blossom Festival. Not a big festival or at least by the time we got there....But we did leave with an Apple Pie, a jug of Apple Cider, an Apple Dumpling and a bag of Apples. So I guess it was productive. We than headed back towards Gettysburg and noticed a sign for Emmitsburg.



Friends of ours from IPOP (Joe and Annie) told us about Mount St. Mary's University and the Elizabeth Ann Seton Shrine and Lourdes Grotto. It's a Catholic University in north west Maryland. Since we were so close we decided to go check it out. The college campus is beautiful. The Seton Shrine was closed. In case you don't know, she was the first American cannonized as a Saint. The Lourdes Grotto is a reproduction of the grotto in Lourdes France. It was built in the late 1800's just about 25 years or so after the actual events in Lourdes France. The grounds were beautiful. There were people filling bottles of water from the stream that ran through the grotto. We lit a candle and walked the grounds.

Than we took our long drive home to Aunt Mary's. It was a day well spent. Tomorrow we are back to IPOP, work and all the mess that is our lives at the moment. This too shall pass.