I am so thankful, once again, for the blessing of another set of clear scans this week! It will be 3 years in June since my diagnosis. I am so grateful for each day that I have had, and am actually starting to allow myself to believe that I might stay cancer free forever! I am hesitant to get my hopes up, but the doctors say that the longer I go with clear scans, the better and better my chances are of remaining cancer free. Even if it does eventually come back, the fact that it is taking a long time to do so means it would likely be slow growing and more easily treated again.
So, back to our crazy lives with 5 kids at home in various stages of "tween / teen / still basically a teen" (ages 12, 14, 16, 19, 20). Please pray for our parenting as there have been some challenging days lately with a kid or two. :-) Our grown up daughters and sons-in-law are doing well and we get to see them often.
Our business is still struggling in this economy, and the truck accident settlement is STILL held up in red tape. Please pray that the reimbursement we need would be released SOON. Last news is that the judge is required to sign off in the next 21 days, and then we should be 30 days away, but we have heard this stuff many times before. So we will believe it when we see it. Meanwhile the Lord is sustaining us little by little, day by day, like the manna in the wilderness. But we are so TIRED of the stress. We really do appreciate your prayers for us in this "waiting room" we are in. We are working as hard as we can to keep the business moving forward, but it is tough with the accident losses weighing us down and the economy struggling too.
Dear Dona Dean went to be with the Lord in November, from the same cancer I had. She was such an example of faith and trust in the Lord through each day of her life. Please pray for her husband and children. Her adult daughter Kelly has much on her plate, as she lives at her parents' home with 2 small children of her own and is helping to fill Dona's shoes now, in caring for her young twin sisters too.
If you are reading this blog after all this time, and still praying for me, thank you SO MUCH. I know some of you have asked me or my family how I am doing and I am very grateful for each of you caring so much about us.
Thank you!
