A new friend

Meet Moby. A little mouthy puppy who has come home to live with MOm and I. We love his little mouthy self!

So pray for that adjustment...untimely to say the least but we'll get through it.

I say untimely because mom has surgery this friday. A lumpectomy (sp?) and reduction mamoplasty.

Thank you for keeping up with us and giving mom your love and support. it means a lot to us both!

"God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being." Acts 17:24-28

Done and moving on...

Done with Chemotherapy. Last day was the 27th of September. HOORAY!

One month of rest...rest in the hurried, distracted, healing, busy sense of the word...

and surgery on the 29th of this month.

So busy busy busy getting ready. Fall cleaning, winterizing the garden, moving through some last minute projects...

Thanks for keeping up with us even though I havent updated for quite sometime...

Liz and Joan

starting something new

So Monday Mom had chemo again. They've started her on a different drug now because she's on the 2nd half of chemo -->Monday was chemo #5 of 8. But the side effects are different and so its been a learning experience of what to expect with this.

So far she's doing well but has a lot of bone pain which is exhausting.

New things are starting for me as well. I have decided to do my 4th year internship (to finish my bachelor's degree by May) at my home church Berean Baptist in Brunswick. So I'll be living at home and working at the church (about 10 minutes away).


Saturday I am heading up to NB for 3 weeks. I'll be helping out at Coldstream Baptist Church's Vacation Bible School and then starting the school year up there. I'll return on the 11th of September.

Please continue to keep us in your prayers.

half way through in st andrews

So last week Mom and I went up to St Andrews NB. We were there from the 27th to the 30th and had a fabulous time. It was the week between chemo...the time she has the most energy. Aside from rash from the sun and a sore mouth she was feeling really good and so we enjoyed lots of outings such as a whale watch, a trip to the botanical gardens and high tea on water st.

as of monday (the 2nd) mom had her 4th chemo treatment. WE"RE PAST THE HALF WAY POINT!!! on the physical examination the lump in her breast couldn't be found. Praise Jesus!

of course that doesn't mean she's "all better" chemo must go on...but it means its WORKING really well.

that's all i have for now. sorry for not writing for such a long time. xoxoxo Liz

Brighter days...

Mom is feeling much better today. That is such a relief to her. Her energy slowly creeps back just in time for another treatment. AH well. As our days so shall our strength be.

The last few days have been really hard on many levels. I won't go into it much. God is faithful and good...He knows how to quiet our tears with His perfect love.


"When I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me." Micah 7:8b

"Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered." Romans 8:26

Chemo #2 = Goodbye Hair...

So here it is. Mom is losing her hair. She kinda reminds me as a molting duckling. She rubs her head and hair falls out. Our bet is that by tomorrow it will be gone as she showers. She is taking this in stride.

Chemo went really well today. She mostly slept through it. When she wasn't asleep I read aloud to her from "Pilgrim's Progress"...which is (I'm finding) a fantastic read.

We came home...and wished we were back in the air conditioned hospital...UGH SO HOTTT.

so...after mom slept for a while we ate cream-sicles and played in the sprinkler...

Chris made us a delicious dinner.

And after we ate mom and I went for a drive to the ocean...
and blessed the sea side with mom's fluffy white hair which floated off in the breeze.

And we got more ICE CREAM
...cuz Mom has cancer. its our excuse for most things.

"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.
When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,
nor shall the flame scorch you...For I am the LORD..." Isaiah 43:2-3a

More Chemo tomorrow.

HI Everyone!
I'm back from camp and ready to jump back into the world of cancer! Mom is doing really well. Her first chemo was on the 21st of June and her next one is tomorrow. Please pray for her since the initial couple days after a treatment are very disagreeable to her system.

She had a pretty ugly reaction to the steroid that they gave her to help with nausea, which caused her to spend one night in the hospital last week. Nothing serious but just some esophagus spasms. So pray they lower the dose of that and the reaction isn't there this time around.

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers!!

"I will lift up my eyes to the hills--
From whence comes my help?
My help comes from the LORD,
Who made heaven and earth.

He will not allow your foot to be moved;
He who keeps you will not slumber...
neither slumber nor sleep." Ps 121:1-4