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

Mom's first day of Chemotherapy

Chemo started today. We went in at 8:30 this morning and got home at about...1:30. LONG day. That whole time wasn't just chemo though. It was some "chemo education" ...longer than necessary...but informative.
Then Mom was hooked up to her meds and we started having fun. Mom has a wonderful sense of humor and an ability to laugh in the worst of times...which is something I am so thankful for. It definately came in handy when I fell in April and is coming in handy again now. Proverbs 17:22 "A merry heart does good like medicine"...Praise God for merry hearts.
So we made a few friends, had a few laughs, a few "dance partys"...and came home. Mom said she felt "high as a kite"...and then started to feel tired and sick.
She's had a nap...and been chilling on the couch. I managed to get a little dinner into her and pretty soon we'll be calling it a day. She's a trooper for sure. I love her! <3

She goes in for a shot tomorrow, and then nothing else for two weeks...then chemo again. By the way...the PET scan was fine. Nothing of note.

"Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth,
neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
He gives power to the weak,
and to those who have no might He increases strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
and the young men shall utterly fall,
But those who wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
they shall run and not be weary,
they shall walk and not faint" Isaiah 40:28-31

Praise the Lord that with Jesus there is always a "But..."

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Mom told me to tell you that she starts chemotherapy on Monday...and she has a PET scan tomorrow.
That's all.


I just returned from Canada. I had a wonderful time visiting the campus of NBBI where I just graduated. It was super quiet there...and I was able to spend some time thinking and relaxing and enjoyed laughter with some friends. It was refreshing.

I've decided to put my plans on hold for the fall concerning the internship I had in Canada to work at a church there. I think the best way for me to spend this year is to stay home with mom. So I'll be working here, and ministering in my church, and VERY EXCITING!! teaching social studies with my friend's 2nd grader who is being homeschooled this year.

So the year looks bright despite a "delay" from my perspective...
in reality all our days are known by the Lord...and He is in control. May this decision shine His love into our home.

"Be quiet, why this anxious heed
about thy tangled ways!
God knows them all, He giveth speed,
And He allows delays."