In the last few weeks, we’ve started meeting with the radiation oncologists to find out about what happens next once chemo is done (on December 28th!!) and radiation begins. I’d like to ask for your prayers with the decisions that need to be made. In a nutshell, I can pursue either the “normal” route of radiation, or a newer version you may have heard of called proton therapy. Both are radiation, both will have the same great statistics/results, and there’s really no difference in terms of the doctors recommendations. The benefit…
Right now, a group from our church is visiting Israel, and as a result I’m supremely jealous and living vicariously through all their photos! While there, they visited the Wailing Wall – if you aren’t familiar with this, one of the ‘traditions’ is to write your prayer requests on a small piece of paper and leave it in between the crevices of the wall. My sweet pastor’s wife did this and included my name on her piece of paper, and I was truly touched by it. It made me think, if I…
Often, people tell me how impressed they are that I can be so positive during this challenging season. That I can have so much joy and hope and a smile on my face. They tell me how great it is to see my perspective and how they are inspired by it. I suppose it’s taken about as much effort to stay mentally healthy as it has to stay physically healthy, so I’ll admit it’s rewarding to hear that people see the fruit of that effort in my life. But it makes me see that…
