This week my boy turned five. Why does “5” seem like such a big year. Is it just the start of school? Is it because of the shift in independence that I hear about? Perhaps it is the evolution from an animated-themed birthday party to all things football? I am certain it has something to […]
Recap of 31 Days
I mentioned listening in my final post of the month for 31 Days. In order to complete the challenge to write every day of October, it has required a whole lot of listening on my part. I had a rough outline of what my 31 Life Lessons looked like but there were plenty of days […]
Day 31: Before I ever got my diagnosis, I already had the cure.
As I walked through the uncertainty of my tomorrows, I realized that I had to start listening or I wasn’t going to make it. If the cancer didn’t get me, the anxiety just might. When I started learning to listen, the healing happened. There was no audible voice, but He spoke to me through my […]
Day 30: In the words of my dear friend, “He always shows His Glory”.
I mentioned my community on Day 1, and today I want to share a little more of that community with you through the writing of one of my closest friends, Jen. She is wise. She is compassionate. She is faithful. Just what I needed for a journey through cancer. She blogs here and I promise […]
Day 29: I am blessed with a heritage of faith.
On the heels of yesterday’s post, I was feeling the need to write this one…My 31 Days would never be complete without mentioning two of the key players in my journey through cancer, my mom and dad. The truth is I cannot imagine how I ever would have made it through the process without them. […]
Day 28: Every year counts.
When I first read Genesis 5 in preparation for last week’s BSF lesson, I was hardly enthused. At first it seems like a long list of names that are hard to pronounce followed by the hundreds of years they each lived. Who wants to live that long and what does this have to do with me anyway? […]
Day 27: I was in need of rescue from the “hollow motions”.
I think I have always been someone that tries to enjoy life, have even celebrated it by acting silly at times. But there was a time period in my life when I seemed to have gotten a little stuck. It probably started sometime around when our son, Kekoa was a toddler. Being a mom is […]
Day 26: Bald can be beautiful.
When I didn’t have any hair, I actually had people tell me that I was beautiful. I look back at pictures from that time and I was NOT beautiful. I was pale, my eyebrows and eyelashes were sparse, my chest took on the form of boulders (from my expanders) and peach fuzz was in patches […]
Day 25: Only Jesus can turn trial into blessing ~ Part 2
I would never belittle the suffering that comes with a cancer journey, but there is another type of suffering that haunts my worst nightmares. How does one possibly endure tragedy happening to one of their children? Approximately one month before my diagnosis, I heard the story of Olivia Constants. Olivia was a 14 year old […]
Day 24: Suffering leads to intimacy.
“There is a depth of intimacy with God that can only be known through suffering.” -Laura Story Suffering takes on many forms. It is supporting your husband through a year and a half of […]
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