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| My hubby's surgery was originally scheduled for May 5. Then they called and rescheduled it for April 28...tomorrow morning at 7:30 with a 5:30 arrival time...requiring a 4:30 departure from home. Our bags were packed early this evening, we enjoyed a nice time with the kids and were getting ready to pray with a friend from church before we headed to bed...when the phone rang. The surgeon is too sick to do the surgery. He's a very nice person and we trust his integrity and skill. I hope it isn't anything serious. What a let down for us!!! We were emotionally geared up for this, and now we are left dangling. God's timing for sure, and we don't understand it. I guess we will find out tomorrow when it will be. Maybe back to the original date of May 5. | | |
| Our weekend trip to Deer Creek has become even more precious. Out of the blue my husband received another cancer diagnosis this week. Well, I guess not really out of the blue, but we were starting to assume the routine testing would come up dry every time. He has been feeling so well lately. He will have a malignancy removed from his right lung on May 5. The good news is that only a small part of the remaining lung is involved so it will not increase his shortness of breath over the long haul. The not so good news is that the surgery will be extra rough because of the scar tissue from the last surgery in that area. The other good news is no radiation or chemotherapy. Over the past 10 years, he has had 4 bouts with cancer involving 3 major surgeries, 2 rounds of radiation and 2 rounds of chemotherapy. This has given us much experience in seeing how God provides peace during turmoil, comfort in loneliness, courage when everything says we should be afraid, and most importantly, hope beyond this life. So we face this 5th bout knowing God has not changed. We may be growing weary of it all, but He is not. In the meantime, we don't know what else to do but carry on with our daily routines, trust God for how each day unfolds and do our best to be ready for whatever lies ahead. | | |
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God blessed us with a wonderful week-end at Deer Creek State Park Resort with our kids and grandkids. Swimming, flying kites, going down the slide, eating, snuggling, etc. etc. Just being together was great!      
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| I can't believe it is February already. Seems like I just wrote my holiday blog. It will be a long, though short, month if the weather doesn't improve. Not that anyone else really cares, but I've been very busy at school, working in the attendance, or better called, non-attendance office. We've had 10% of our kids out since last Monday. Every year we have a spell like this, but I can't remember it being quite this bad so many days in a row. I'm thankful that I usually don't catch any of the germs myself. Last Monday I was privileged to join my husband's family in saying good-bye to a very remarkable woman...my mother-in-law. She had a trust in God that was more than just saying the words, or singing the lyrics. (She had more hymns memorized than any person I have ever known, and she was able to sing through all the verses even in the later stages of Alzheimer's disease.) She was quick to give of herself to others, even though I saw her as not having what one would call an outgoing personality. She never promoted herself or spoke disparagingly of others. She really did make her choices based on what Jesus would do. She didn't keep astride of the latest fads and trends, and sometimes that left her out of the loop of conversations, but she was always keenly aware of and acting on what matters most in life...honoring God and loving people. I thank God for her. | | |
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We had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas with our family! God has been so good to us in the past year. Hubby has remained cancer free and doesn't have to be tested again for 6 months. Amazing, really...after the morbid diagnosis he received a year ago. Now, almost two weeks of nothing but loafing during my holiday break...well, I do have some things I need to get done, but not much. We were hoping to go to Michigan to visit my Mom sometime. So far the weather is not cooperating. I thought tomorrow would work, but no. Snow here and snow there. Twenty years ago we just loaded up the car and plowed through regardless of the weather. I don't know if aging has made us wiser or wimpier. We ventured out today to Wal-Mart and the mall...neither were as busy as I thought they would be. | | |
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