December 3, 2009

Good day, I think that goes for us all. Mom went to work and was still there at 1 o'clock when I called to see how her day went- it was still going. Of course she went home and crashed soon there after, as she should have. She called tonight to check on Haidyn and see how we are doing. Todd left for a weekend hunting trip today so I think he enlisted mom's supervision of his girls like he normally does. Todd and mom have such a special relationship and I could not be more glad for it. She adores him and he adores her right back. She never gave birth to a son but she has two son in laws that she loves like her own and who return that same love. God has certainly blessed Erica and I with christian husbands who truly are family. Mom won't ever call them son in laws- she calls them both HER boys. It doesn't get much better than that.
Ken has seen the commercial now but mom and I still haven't. I went on the West Clinic website today to see if they had a link to the commercial, they dont. I think they may be giving mom a copy and if they do I will try to post it. Everyone has told me how beautiful my mom is in the commercial and I have no doubt that she is!
The devotional today said that the evils of this world will fight to seperate us from the peace of God but he is with us in every battle. All we have to do is call on the name of the Lord and he is there. Every knee shall bow and every tounge confess that Jesus Christ is Lord when he returns to take all those who have sought him home to the mansions, robes and crowns we have been promised. As I read the devotional this morning I kept thinking about a song we sing at Sycamore View often and I caught myself several times today at work, driving in traffic and even dancing with Haidyn singing, "Be strong and courageous and do not be afraid. The Lord goes before you each and every day. He'll never forsake you. Oh, don't be afraid. He'll never forsake you. Oh, don't be afraid. The Lord goes before you through the troubles and strife and he will protect you all the days of your life. He'll never forsake you. Oh, don't be afraid." Its hard not to be afraid every single day for multiple reasons, not just cancer and its treatments but its more than comforting to know that he will NEVER forsake us even when we forsake him! What an unconditionally loving God. We just can't experience that love anywhere other than with God. Whatever your fears are, God knows and is prepared to go before us and protect us but only when we trust him to do so. I pray that God will keep our minds from the fears and our eyes focused on him and the faith of his healing powers daily for mom. My mom is my best friend, role model and the best GiGi ever to my baby and God is healing her through the power of your prayers. Thank you! Ken would never be as strong as he is through this without your prayers. Mom's sons would never have the strength to support Erica and I if it weren't for your prayers. And Grandmommie would never ever have accepted this diagnosis and come to the understanding and comfort with mom's condition, treatments and her ultimate healing if it weren't for your prayers. From all of us, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We are not forgetting to thank God for everything that has been done for each of us in our prayers, you are a blessing!