It has been a long week for me, 4 days in a row at work since August! I finally feel like I am catching back on to the job that I have had for almost 2 years. Mom is regaining her strength from her last treatment and has gone to work 4 days in a row too. Haidyn even went to the babysitter 4 days in a row so it has been a week of adjustment for us all as we try to find our new normal.
Mom got to see the commercial today. Ken told me there atleast 2 versions. They come on channels 3 and 5 we know for sure. Ken even recorded one so he and mom have watched it together. I STILL have not seen it but hopefully I will tmrw.
Todd and Daniel are still in Waverly hunting. They weren't planning on coming home till Sunday afternoon so Haidyn and I are going to drive over tmrw afternoon, spend the night and go to church Sunday with Grace and John. I can't wait to see so many faces that helped my mom raise me and Erica and have known me since birth. I wish I could give everyone who reads this and prays for us hugs daily but Sunday I will get to do that for some that I have not seen in years. I wish mom felt up to riding with me but that's a lot for her right now. I will be bringing her love and appreciation in spirit with me. Before we leave tmrw I have to take Haidyn to mom's to show off her new monogrammed onsie that says I love my GiGi.
As I sat and talked with Mrs McCarver tonight about my mom and her relationship with hers, I realized how much I have to be thankful for. I am fortunate to have friends like Mrs McCarver who have been through similar experiences and who understand the emotions I have and know just the right prayers to lift for me and my mom. God has blessed us with so many people like the Lillard family and my friend MaryAnn in Knoxville who is married to a cancer survior of more than 10 years who understand and encourage us daily. There are so many more I could name specifically and I feel blessed to be able to go visit some this weekend and thank them from the bottom of our hearts.
Our God IS an awesome God and he does reign in heaven and earth with wisdom, power and love. Thank you God for your love for us and for giving us each other to help us here on Earth to make it home with you in heaven in the end.
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Thank you, Emily, for your faithfulness to Joan by continuing to write this blog. I was reading a book today about fear and how it can claw it's
ReplyDeleteway into our brains and emotions. You are helping defeat fear with your positive words and constant expressions of love for you Mom. I am so glad you are getting the chance to return to some of your roots, to renew and to enjoy the comfort of others who have known you for a long time and have loved you and your sister before all this happened. God will surround you and keep you from fear.
Cathy Cole Sewell
Emily your home town will welcome you with loving, healing hugs for you and your family. I will be thinking of you in hopes that you receive their love and bring it home to your Mom. You are such a giving, loving and most of all devoted daughter. I am so proud of your dedication to all of your family and walking the walk and just not talking the talk. Be safe! we love you, Mrs. McCarver...a pleasure to have you as usual.
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