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