The Vision List

Many people make a bucket list--things you want to do before you "kick the bucket". For those of you that know Glenn, even if only casually, you know there would be no bucket list for him. He would not count the days, he would make the days count. 

Glenn doesn't talk about "kicking the bucket". Every day he lives to keep "The Vision". From the beginning of this journey he's talked about keeping the vision of living life to the fullest, having hope, and his life motto: Enjoy Life!

Those are the things that are on Glenn's Vision List. Things he wants to do that create hope and give joy to his life and to others. Not once has he mentioned material things. Everything about The Vision involves family and friends; spending time with people you care about. (Although food does seem to be a pretty prevalent theme too!) When he starts getting bored or restless he will say we need to keep "The Vision" and comes up with a new insight in what we should accomplish.  Some of them are:

Celebrating his sister Shirley's birthday.

 Shirley has taken care of Glenn since he was born and he calls her his other "Mother Bear". She has looked out for him and made many sacrifices for him. She was on her way to Arizona to snowbird for the winter when Glenn was diagnosed. She instead stayed close by, enduring the worse winter in a long time, and has looked out for him the past few months. We love you Shirley! And a special thanks to our niece Kim for having such a fun party. It was just what we needed!

Having dinner with friends
Steve and Rosemary have been our friends since Glenn and I met. Thanks for the fabulous food and the Mexican Fiesta.
Wonderful friends and delicious food. Ole!

"Going for a little ride"
Valentines Day
Ended up in Idaho City for a fabulous prime rib dinner and a good time together as sweethearts.
Smooth Mr. Haar, very smooth!



McCall, Idaho
The ice sculptures at St. Lukes hospital in McCall
Glenn wanted to get away from all the "activity" that was going on at home with the increase in visitors, hospice, etc. (We love you hospice!) It seemed like there wasn't any time for just the two of us. So off we went to McCall. It was quite a production to get there. We want to especially thank the Cancer Care Center for sending Glenn's information to the hospital in McCall and making arrangements so they would be prepared if we needed them. We made a trial run to check things out "just in case" but everything went smoothly. Glenn is such a warrior. He was determined to keep the vision and it was a wonderful three days for us.



  

Dinner at Lardo's

Breakfast at the Pancake House



Skyping with the cutest grandbabies on the planet!
Having cupcake time with Addison and Jonas

Jonas






The Boise Philharmonic
WOW!!!
This was the most amazing performance we have ever been to. Talk about keeping The Vision alive, this was more than we ever would have imagined. The Philharmonic was amazing but when the Master Chorale joined the stage the  performance was to live for! An amazing night.



We were able to share the Boise Philharmonic with our friend Dave and our nephew Chad thanks to an amazing gift from a friend of Glenn's. This was such a generous gift and we can't thank you enough! We were truly blown away by your generosity. Thank you doesn't even begin to cover it. We all enjoyed it so much.

Loving the hot tub!
Who knew something so simple would be sooooo good! Definitely keeping THE VISION!



Enjoying the movies

Enjoying lunch after a doctor appointment

There are so many things that we look at each day that have kept The Vision alive.  Glenn loves having Friday night dinners with our friend Dave sharing Chef Lou  prime rib dinners from Westside Drive-In. He enjoys the visits with family and friends, the fantastic food that has been shared, the emails and cards, and especially all of the prayers. We are blessed daily and appreciate everyone that has contributed to the Vision List.