Cancer, Faith, Grief, and Healing
When someone is diagnosed with cancer it is a very strange place to be. When my wife was diagnosed it was simply unreal at first. My mind kept denying that this happened, and I was ready to wake up from a bad dream! Once the battle begins there is a flurry of activity that is […]
Receiving a cancer diagnosis is very heart-wrenching for the patient, for the family, and for the support team. After the diagnosis, it is also very difficult to think of anything but the cancer. Normal life is pushed aside as the patient and caregiver contemplate the upcoming treatment and pray for some element of good news […]
Cancer is a scary and evil beast! Many of us have been impacted or have supported someone that is battling the disease. The majority have had to say goodbye to a loved one because of cancer. My aunt and mother-in-law both passed away from the reoccurrence of breast cancer. I have had dozens of friends […]
Cancer is all I heard and could focus on during the first day. I wish I could say there was a white cloud with an angel bringing peace and comfort, however, that did not happen. It was an extremely stressful day. We knew Lyn had a significant stroke, and there was a good possibility there […]
Good morning my love and Happy Mother’s Day! These were the first words I started with for the previous 25 years on that special day. Lyn’s first Mother’s Day was May 1992, after the birth of Breanna, just a month earlier. Mother’s Day (May 14, 2017) at 4:30 AM, started radically different. I recall seeing […]
I was out for an early morning walk, and besides feeling the normal aches and pains, a thought came to mind which later became the name of this blog. This summer has been much different. Normally my wife (Lyn) would be prepping us to get out of the house saying, “Let’s go Idaho!” She loved […]