August 24th was a very sad day for me. Not just because I knew that the next day I would undergo major surgery and my body would forever be different but because I had to say goodbye to my work as a physical therapist for a time. For the last nine years, I have thoroughly […]
Rejoice in Today
Last Wednesday, I had my 6th and final chemotherapy treatment. I woke that morning with the desire to dig my heels into the floor and refuse to go. It is hard to describe the feelings I get by simply walking into the Infusion Center. It really is a lovely place filled with lovely people but […]
A Bend in the Road
“I bear willing witness that I owe more to the fire, and the hammer, and the file, than to anything else in the Lord’s workshop. I sometimes question whether I have learned anything except through the rod. When my schoolroom is darkened, I see most” -Charles Spurgeon I have added When Your World Falls Apart by David […]
Accepting a Different Kind of Christmas
Today is day 7 post-chemotherapy, and this is the point where everything that goes in my mouth has a burnt taste to it. My strength is slowly returning and I look forward to enjoying a week and a half or so of feeling pretty good before my 6th and final treatment on January 11th. I […]
The Wasting of Our Earthly Tents
This has been of week of reminders that outwardly (our bodies) are wasting away. It started last Tuesday when my dear friend, Sara ended up at the Bowie Health Center with excruciating pain in her right side that turned out to be a dermoid cyst on her ovary. Then I got news that my neighbor […]
A Mother’s Love
I remember her saying it so many times as I was growing up. “You won’t understand until you have kids of your own.” This week I have been talking a lot with my mom about their annual Christmas letter since it will no doubt have to include sharing about my journey. I have been thinking […]
God’s Intimate Concern
It continues to amaze me how the words of my devotional in Jesus Calling and my reading in The Land Between seem to echo each other as if there is a very specific message that I need to hear. The scripture reading in the devotional was one that I have come to love, Ephesians 3:17-18 “And I pray […]
The Wind in my Sails-Part 2
My reading in The Life Between continues and I really love something I read in it this morning. “With each discomfort we experience, our responses both reveal the person we are and set the trajectory for the person we are becoming.” It doesn’t seem like a profound point being made but then I started thinking about how […]
Manna in my Wilderness
I must confess that this week began with a bit of grumbling and complaining on my part. It wasn’t until I started reading The Land Between by Jeff Manion that I even realized the condition of my heart earlier this week. Perhaps it is the shorter days (I love being outside) or the overall yuck feeling I […]
Almost Halfway There!
Wednesday was my third Chemotherapy treatment and I am excited to say that I am almost halfway through all of my chemo. I say “almost” because I am still struggling through the side effects of this most recent treatment and feel like once I get through the next few days, I can honestly say I […]
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