I thought I would give an update on my cancer journey. We are still celebrating that my blood tests are showing NO leukemia!! What a humbling result and it only spurs me on to keep sharing of His goodness because surely those results aren’t from anything that I’ve done. This past round side effects-wise was…
Do you believe in God’s promises? The Sunday school answer would be, “Of course, yes!” But do you really? Believing means you accept something as true, that you are SURE of it. I think there is a difference between knowing and actually believing the promises of God. This is something I have wrestled with in…
This past fall, we were given the beautiful and treasured gift of family pictures, but let me tell you the story! One night, after being in the hospital more than out the past few weeks, I couldn’t fall asleep (which was common for me from all the meds). I kept thinking about wanting to have…
When I received the portal message last week that no trace of leukemia was found in my body, of course I cried, but I wasn’t quite sure what to do next? In a way, it was anticlimactic in the sense that I wasn’t in a doctor’s office, celebrating with my doctor. Dan wasn’t home, and…
John Piper once said after being diagnosed with prostate cancer, “Don’t waste your cancer.” I have been chewing on that idea for awhile now, especially after being told I’m in complete remission from my leukemia. I don’t want to waste my cancer either. This past summer, I remember at one point, my feet were swollen,…
Over the past couple of years, God has really challenged our faith. It seemed like medical issues were hitting us left and right and I suppose still are. I’m in the middle of my heart failure and cancer battle, and it has challenged us to the core. One of my mottos throughout this whole journey…
