These thoughts started formulating during a radio program I got in on about 15 mins of this afternoon. Now my version…. 😉
I thought back to my junior yr of high school when Dad came up from working on the furnace and asked me to get him a band-aid. I did but then I drove him to the ER since his “owie” was WAY beyond the band-aid level. (Phil tries that trick too…. ) At least I could help until Mom got home from work. (She had to come to the ER as I had a football game (I was in the band!!) that night.
When Dad was out here in the fall helping Phil with the harvest, it frequently was over his birthday. I’d try to make the best of it and we’d have apple pie for him.
There was really nothing I could do when the doctor gave him the cancer diagnosis… so I turned it over to God. I couldn’t help. He could.
This week Dad got a “pass” on his treatment as his white blood count is low. He had completed his 3 weeks of treatment and a week off last week so this week was to start cycle 2. Maybe he can do that next week.
Meanwhile, we continue to pray. But I also thank God for the peace He has given them (and me), for Bruce & Sue being there, and for so many that care for them.
and sew on... 
I remember when my dad was sick…giving it to God was the hardest part (I might not be the best house keeper, but I’m a super star at picking up emotional baggage!). Praying for you and that next week will be better for your Dad 🙂
Just keep laying it at the bottom of the cross dear. Sometimes we feel we have to pick it back up and hold it for awhile and that’s okay but always lay it back at the cross and you’ll get through this. Nice picture of your parents!
Praying for you all. I think sometimes, the calm that the one with the illness displays, not only helps him, but those who love him so much. When I feel calm in a bad situation, I KNOW that that calm is God telling me He is with me, and He has the situation under control. Keep trusting, and God will carry you all through.
Continuing to pray Joyce. So hard to be far away…