Last night we took some time out for just our family! On the way home from flag-football games in which both boys scored TD's we were ready for celebration. The good news continued when we found out that Austin's Pizza now serves gluten-free crust! Wahoo! The kids started their "happy dance" in the car when we shifted plans from left-overs to a pizza-n-movie night!
Shermance had seen a motivating scene from "Facing the Giants" at a team-building conference a few weeks back and wanted to share the movie with family - especially now as we are facing the GIANT ourselves in this cancer fight. Considering it was already late, we started at the pivotal scene when the football team captain overcame his personal boundries by pushing himself to do his very best! Wow! What a great Christian movie! It was inspiring, motivating, and wonderful at a time when we needed all of that! We cried together! We hugged as a family! We were all uplifted!
As we continue to face this giant in Shermance's body this week, we are praying for miracles! While we may wish this to be a bad dream, the reality of what is in front of us is daunting. Keeping positive all the time is tough! Anticipating the reality of nausea, fatigue, "chemo brain", and even the unexpected, is draining. We are strengthened by the wonderful support of friends and family.
We praise God in this struggle. He has a plan much larger than ours, and we trust where He will take us!
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At the football game, vultures were circling nearby. She looked at them wryly and looked over at me and said, "I hope they're not there for me." An example of her dry, awesome humor. Love her!
She's got a loooong time with us still and the vultures can stay the heck away.
OK, so I forgot to mention the name of Logan's flag football team - chosen by the boys weeks before we knew anything about this... It's "Radiation" a bit ironic to be cheering for radiation, but now we are cheering each day for the help the medicine promises.
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