Hello everyone.... I'm very much overdue for an update. First off, thank you for your continued and uplifting support--all of your emails, cards, letters and your prayers.  They are working! Heading into the final treatment next week--thank God! Fall has always been my favorite season, but now more than ever, I'm ready to see the leaves change and ready to live like I've not lived before.  It feels like a new beginning.  This path has been a bit bumpy in the last several weeks--that's why I've been off the tv radar lately.  I experienced some side effects from one of the chemo drugs, but I am all better with that now and we are in the home stretch! The prognosis is still very good and we're on schedule.  The last treatment is next Wednesday, followed by a short break and then almost a month of radiation--which I understand is a snap compared to chemo.  I've missed working and interacting with everybody.  It's probably going to be several more weeks just to make sure everything goes as smoothly as it can in these final steps. So I will miss all of you on GAC.. but only for a little while longer!  Thank you all again for your much appreciated support, love and concern and most importantly, your prayers-- opening up an encouraging card or email sure makes this process easier. Many of you have shared with me your cancer journeys and I want you to know that I think of you all daily and lift you up in prayer too.  God bless you.  Talk with you soon!

I sit here at my desk at home and I can't even see the top of it through the many cards and notes from all of you.  I'll fall short of fully expressing how I feel, but I'm going to try....thank you with all of my heart to everyone who has reached out to me!  I am so humbled and overwhelmed by the outpouring of love, support, and most importantly prayers from so many people across the country..... Each one is such a lift and a source of happiness to me during the process.  In case those of you reading this don't know, I am undergoing treatments for Hodgkin's Lymphoma this summer and I'm doing good.  My prognosis is very good and the doctor feels that all is going well. This week is my 4th treatment (each one two weeks apart) with 4 more to go, followed by a month of radiation. If you've ever been thru chemo, you may know what I'm talking about when I say 'you have your bad week and then you have your good week'.  Thankfully, no problem with the infamous nausea (good medicine for that) just chasing around the aches and pains and fatigue. So during that good week, I try to work and I'm running around feelin' good about feelin' good. My husband Charlie is with me every step and taking great care of me...he's told me how pretty I look more in the last couple of weeks than he's told me in our entire relationship!!  And I'm not complaining--hair will grow back, right??  I don't know how anyone can face this alone.  GAC, the Opry and the country music community have been so amazing and that's why I love what I do--I am surrounded by some of the finest, most compassionate people in the world.   You all are apart of that, too, along with my friends and family here in Nashville and in MIssissippi.   Again, I can't tell you all how much I appreciate your well wishes, your emails, cards, and your prayers.  I thank God for your support and His hand is on me...and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.  I'll keep you updated thru out the summer.  God bless you all....