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Pockets of Normal

There is a thin line between being grateful for the support and help people are willing to give you during something like this and feeling like you’ve been rendered completely useless. I know that we need help with dinner several nights each treatment week. I...

Fourth Treatment Thoughts

Tomorrow is the last of my AC chemo treatments. I am thrilled and terrified. I am thrilled to be done with this part of my treatment journey and I am terrified about what comes next. It is unknown. It is known to have yucky side effects. I’m trying to focus on...

Satan’s Feather

Kandis has had a “tickle” in her throat for several weeks now. It is not that annoying tickle that has you coughing for a minute… for her it might cause constant coughing for hours. By constant I mean, constant. She can’t talk. Sometimes she...

Daily Bread

We promised to share some of the God stories as we walk this journey and today we intend to do just that with a God story from near the very beginning. On Sunday, February 5th we shared with our church family that I had been undergoing some testing including a biopsy...

Sometimes You Need Space

Sometimes you want to be around people and sometimes you do not. And when you don’t, you need your space. That’s true of me in the best circumstances. Circumstances that are tough at least triple these feelings for me. Add in the need to be separated from...

Good Days are Precious

Today I had an easy normal doctor’s appointment – you know the kind that every normal human goes to or at least is supposed to go to – in the morning. My in-laws had graciously offered to keep the boys at their house as the appointment was just...