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Be Strong and Courageous

Greetings Dear Friend: It has been over four months since the diagnosis of Justin's brain tumor, three months since his craniotomy.  It has proven to be a really tough season.  We had hoped that the flood of 2017 would be our hardest season, but this current one is definitely taking the cake.  No matter how much faith we have, being human is still our reality.  We had plans, short-term and long-term...none of which involved a brain tumor and living with the possibility of regrowth indefinitely.  However, God created us to thrive despite impossible circumstances.  Nothing is impossible for God.  His plans are always better than ours, even when we can't see it. We have used the last couple of months to deal, rest, heal, and move forward.  The kids have carried on as if life isn't that much different, and that was our prayer.  We are aware that their little eyes are watching us, and that includes how we face difficult trials. We don't want them ...
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I Will Give You Rest

Greetings Dear Friend: God has been so faithful to us, answering so many of our prayers just like we asked.  There is an army praying on our behalf, and we don't take it lightly that so many would petition the Father to bless our family.  For that, we are so grateful and find comfort through the love of our brothers and sisters all around us. It's so hard to believe that it's been three weeks since surgery.  God has worked wonders in just a short time, and I have been so blessed to have a front row seat to the work of the Great Physician.  Surgery day was so long.  We were at the hospital at 6:45am.  I remember being so overwhelmed as I passed Justin off to the neurosurgeon at 9am.  I had done my part.  I had kept the appointments, administered the meds, driven the car to new places, made the arrangements, answered the calls, waited in the rooms, planned for the family, answered the questions.  Now, it was time for the neurosurgeon to do his ...

Joy Comes in the Morning

 Greetings Dear Friend: "How are you doing?" This is a question we have been receiving a lot lately.  It's really hard to answer this question.  We are hanging in there.  We have had appointments and meetings every week since the tumor diagnosis.  We have been overrun with information. We have felt overwhelmed by blessings.  We have received so much love and support.  We have had no choice but to be humbled.  We are also going about business as usual.  Justin hasn't missed a day of work.  I continue to tend to the home while perfecting my new job of chauffeuring.  We have had to confront hard realities.  We have had tough conversations.  We have also had fun. We have laughed.  We have loved.  We have lived.  The interesting thing is that there are moments of pure bliss and then there are moments of fear.  We are human, but we are resilient.  We are weary, but we are hopeful. At 9am in the morn...