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Information and Bullet Points
This morning on the way to school, my Bear and I held hands for most of the way. I reached back to grip him when I heard his breathing get faster and heard the catch in his voice. This is how we live these days… gripping each other in the moments and holding onto grace…
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Simple Gifts and Eyes to See
It has been a rough few nights. The pain from my biopsy is dissipating, but took longer than I expected. The waiting is hard. The wondering what this all means. What are our treatment options? Will I have surgery (or surgeries) again? Why did one scan show up normal and yet the biopsy show cancer?…
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Overwhelmed Yet Certain
She ran to my lap and crawled up, hands over her ears, “Don’t say cancer! Don’t tell me Mommy might have cancer again!” And I was undone. We shared with the children last night where we are in all of this. We were hoping to wait to give them a more certain diagnosis, but there…
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My Theme
Last night it happened again. She came in the night, shivering, and crawled in between us. She curled her body into mine and whispered her cold. In the dim light of our room, I saw Brian’s head lift off the pillow for a moment. I reached across sweet Bella who was already in her dreams…
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It’s All Wrong… But There’s More
Four years ago I wrote this in the aftermath of enormous grief that engulfed our lives and our church. Today we will grieve as a church again, and it seemed a fitting re-post. ~~~ It’s been one of those weeks, or rather months… where the grief hits like a tsunami and leaves me rolling and…
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