YAY! This is going to be fun! I can update and everything... FREE!
Well, on for the update...
This has been an emotional past few weeks. It has been so hard. Hard to see my friend, Heather L, at the veiwing of her young husband. Hard to hear about a neighbor of Ron's parents suffer a simular fate. Such unexpected tragedies. And, on a personal level, the calls and meetings that have taken place between Ron and the doctors that keep pointing out that Ron will be cured by no other way than the dreaded allogenous stem-cell transplant... for which they have no adult match... which sends them searching for umbilical cords. Ron must do this... his cancer has the terrible habit of quickly returning, and each time it returns, the chances of a cure takes a dive. He looks good, and is still working and is still involved with ministry... but, he is very aware that time is ticking. We need a miracle. We need a match!
Ron and I had THE TALK the other day, and that was hard. He is such a caring husband and daddy, and is looking to his family's future... and, his. He has thought of the people he will get to be reunited with, if the transplant or cancer takes an ugly twist... the friends and family in Heaven for him to see. Kind of sounds exciting... for him, anyway... for us who are left behind... well, an empty hole. There's no use pretending it isn't a real possiblity at this point. On the other hand, I have felt encouraged by Scriptures... some about healing, about answered prayers, and some about how God can be a husband to the widow... so either way it goes, we are not forsaken! God can heal, God can comfort, and God certainly cares.
The Scriptures have been jumping out at me like you would not believe!!! In Christ alone, there is hope! Can't forget that when you have a child named Hope Christiana... take out the a's and unscramble the words to Hope in Christ! She came to us in a very dark time, reminding us that not all was lost.
You've gotta have Faith, Hope, and Charity :-)
More posts to come... now I want to blog-hop a bit to see what some of you have been up to!
2 comments:
Very glad that you have internet connection again. I have missed your posts. Welcome back to the world of blogging. lol!
It was helpful to get first hand information on Ron's medical ordeal from you at camp. Your family has been on my heart and on our church prayer list. I try to keep everybody updated on Ron because the more you know about someone the easier it is to pray for them. I'm glad you have internet back. Keep your chin up, there are alot of people out here who care about you and your family and are keeping your names before the Lord.
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