Sorry about the delay...it is on the blog end of things. They assure me that they are working on it. I am thinking that since I am on writing this little message maybe the problem is fixed...hopefully so. I will check back and update you all this weekend sometime.

Good news. The MRI showed that Louise’s tumor has stabilized. That is a great thing, it is what we had hoped and prayed for. It is what the radiation was supposed to do, so for that we are grateful. Of course that also means that the weakness and other symptoms we are seeing are probably … Continue reading Good News

I haven’t updated you all on Louise in a bit. I have been waiting to bring you some good news that she is having an upturn, but that news has not come. We are still waiting, and hoping that there will be one soon. Gail has been in town now for about a week. She … Continue reading Louise Update

I have been asked why I am not writing lately. Actually I have been, it has just been for specific people going through specific issues, which require specific personal encouragements. I don’t know about you but it seems to me that the world is under more pressure than usual. Many of my friends are walking … Continue reading Breathe

I found this via a friend's status and thought it was too good not to share it. While it was written to describe the place you find yourself when you have a disabled child, it can be expanded to include anyone who has in one way or another ended up in a far different place … Continue reading A Borrowed Note

A warm fire on a cold night in the fall just seems soothing. Somehow, it comforts me and makes life feel simpler. It is not the building it or carrying the wood up the stairs that makes it so…I think it is the fact that to properly enjoy a fire you have to sit down … Continue reading Fall Again

I have been reading about Mary and Martha. I am more like a Martha most of the time…busy and always moving. However, I do have my Mary moments. Since my cancer, I have been taking more of those. Mary had such a sensitive spirit to the Lord. She simply wanted to sit at his feet. … Continue reading Resurrection Power

When in doubt about what to do about anything…feed people. That is the Baptist way. Last night was no exception as we said good-bye to Pastor Alan and Becky. It was heart wrenching and heart warming all at the same time. In the south, funerals are social events where you share stories of the deceased, … Continue reading Beauty for Ashes

Have you ever had God work on every area of your life at once? Right now it seems that he is allowing me to go through a shaking. It’s probably my own fault…you know when you pray for him to take you deeper you can count on him doing it. Then when he pulls out … Continue reading Unsettled

I am grateful to God for friendship. That is not a profound thing really, but I find that the bond that comes from weathering storms together is not easily broken. We all have friends that we meet and great each day, some deeper relationships than others…some with similar hearts, some with differing views. The ones … Continue reading Friends