Tag Archives: cancer
Not just for me
I kept a book close at hand in 2010, Pearls of Great Price. A devotional by Joni Erickson Tada a quadriplegic woman who has lived in a wheelchair as many years as I’ve been alive!😱 Her story “Joni” is quite … Continue reading
Always an Addict?
I have an amazing friend who’s battled stage 4 cancer for 6 years! Even when all her tumors shrunk in size and most disappeared, she was still called “Stage 4.” One time I got my nerve up and asked her, “Don’t they … Continue reading
Blessed
I am blessed by this latest trial of my husband’s illness and hospital stay. Can you imagine anyone saying that? Or really meaning it? But I am quite serious- I really feel blessed. James says to “count it all joy” … Continue reading
Keys
Our first moving day is finally here… Keys will be in hand soon and we can begin this new adventure… It feels like it’s been a long process getting here; deciding it was time. My parents decline began back in … Continue reading
1John 4:16
1John 4:16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in His love… Mentally exhausted from my week of caring for my parents, I went to a new women’s Biblestudy today. I usually host a … Continue reading
God is Bigger Still
These last 2 weeks have seemed particularly emotional ones. My father’s mind is slipping deeper and deeper into dementia and my mother’s frailty seems more acute. A close precious friend is suffering the terrible side effects of throat radiation (!) … Continue reading
Where You Don't Want to Go
The other morning I woke to the distinct impression of God telling me He was going to take me where I “don’t want to go.” What a strange thing to feel like God was saying. I wondered why I would … Continue reading
Quite a Tale
Once again today, I found myself explaining to an old friend (that I hadn’t seen some 10+ years) who the big brunette guy is in our family photo of blondies. It never fails, the next question following is, “Well, where … Continue reading
Breaking The Mold
My mom has a pair of unique porcelain birds. She told me their rarity gives them their worth, as the mold to make them was purposely broken after only a few uses. Our value is similar. God’s creativity isn’t hindered by … Continue reading
Eat To Live
I mentioned back in December about being diagnosed in late October with Scleritis (an inflammatory eye decease) and how medicine had seemed to clear it up. Well after 2 months on steroids, I was done! Fuzzy face with acne break-outs … Continue reading