Today, is the day!  My cousin Julie Jenkins is having surgery to remove her thyroid.  She has been struggling since December 2007 and tests after tests diagnosed her with throid cancer and a nodule on her windpipe.  This finding is the most distressing of all.  Hopefully, they will remove the nodule and find that it is benign or that it hasn't spread.  Julie is looking ahead though - she claims that in 2 weeks she will be back on her bike.  The has rode the PanAm Challenge for the past five years to help raise money for cancer.  I am doing this in her honor.  I will be praying for her today.