Grauman's Chinese Theatre

On our last day in Los Angeles, I promised I would take Trace swimming, so we went down to the pool as soon as it was warm enough while Kevin slept in and helped get us packed up to leave. I wasn't crazy enough to get in the pool in 65 degree weather, but I was comfortable sitting on the side while the boy dove in and out as he has been known to do. He had bought a little (and I do mean little) remote control boat at one of the shops at Universal and so he was anxious to try it out in the pool. It was a little windy so the boat mostly moved because of the wind rather than it's tiny propeller, but the boy still had a good time with it.
I realized as I was sitting there that today is the 5 year anniversary of the surgery that removed the cancer from my body and allowed me to keep being this precious little boy's earthly Mommy. I wasn't sad, or particularly happy, I just felt a sense of calm. It was as if I had known all along that "it would all work out", like Kevin always tells me, but in the middle of tragedies is so hard to remember. As I sat with the sun shining on my face, feeling good, well rested and content, I had an overwhelming feeling of thankfulness towards my Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ for the sorrow and sacrifices they've helped me to overcome and the peace I've gained with the ending results and the wonder at this world and it's many trials and tribulations. I think it's because I don't often give myself much time to just sit and think, so it may be why it hit me so hard at this particular moment, but I was really happy that I endured that particular trial and thankful for all those who helped me through it.

After we checked out of the hotel, we had some time before we headed to the airport, so we decided to swing by and see the TCL Chinese Theatre (formerly the "Grauman's Chinese Theatre") where all the celebrity stars are on the walk of fame and their hand/feet prints are left in the cement at the entrance. We saw some recognizable stars like; Tom Cruise, Gene Kelly, Samuel L. Jackson, Johnny Depp, Robin Williams, Harrison Ford, stars of the Harry Potter movies, Cher and even Donald Duck. It was funny to see that Trace's hands and feet are almost the same size as "Jack Sparrow" and his feet were bigger than Tom Cruise! (That guy must be tiny in real life) The walk of fame brought some interesting emotions to me again with names like; Michael Jackson, Kevin Spacey and others that I just didn't feel are worthy of admiration no matter how talented they may have been in their craft, but those feelings were offset by cool names like; Drew Barrymore, Harry Houdini and the always-awesome Mickey Mouse. It was fun to see all the names and signatures, a great way to kill a few hours before the flight.