Welcome!

Many of my friends and family have asked me to keep them up to date on what is happening in my life. Well, in short, so many exciting and challenging things!

My book, "Do Not Go, My Love" is scheduled for publication at the end of this month and tells the story (true!) of the last eight years of my husband, Ed's, life and his, and my, struggle with his declining health. I'm hoping to be able to sign copies at Judson College's Homecoming weekend.

Right now the big struggle is with the recurrence of my throat cancer. I'm undergoing a special course of treatment at the University of Chicago Hospital, designed for people who have already undergone radiation for cancer but have a relapse. It involves intensive radiation and chemotherapy. After 2 of 5 full weeks of treatment I've lost my hair but not my spirit!

I welcome your comments (post them below) and love your emails sent to me at edalthom@gmail.com. Bookmark this page so you can check back on my Journal regularly or, if you know what it means, you can subscribe to this blog by clicking on the RSS feed indicator. It's probably the best way to keep up to date!

Talk to you soon!