Jesse can point to the place on the ceiling he was looking at when he knew everything had changed in the wee hours of Friday, September 4. He was asleep after throwing up for a couple of hours; and when his mind awakened, he opened his eyes and everything was different. "Everything is different.", he... Continue Reading →
Less than 24 hours after I last posted about Jesse's surgery, and we are HOME! Home, y'all. It's remarkable to me that a person can have brain surgery one day, and sleep in his own bed the day after. It's overwhelming to see my husband walk through our door and into our home, a moment... Continue Reading →
Jesse is out of surgery and in his room in the neuro ward! He's doing exceptionally well, talking more fluidly than he was before his surgery, and telling everyone who enters the room about King Jesus, whom he adores so much. They were able to burn 3 cm of the remaining tumor in this surgery. Praise... Continue Reading →
I've been struggling for several days on what to put out into the world. Not because I don't want people to know what's going on, but because I am so acutely exhausted that I'm struggling to find words of any meaning. Sick kids, sick self, always sick husband...there are no adequate words for defining the... Continue Reading →
It's been quite a wild ride, these past few weeks of life. It feels simultaneously like one long day and twenty years have passed. All four of our children have been sick for a week or so. Strep throat, bronchitis, walking pneumonia. Our oldest jostled me awake in the wee hours this morning, shaking and... Continue Reading →
One year ago today, I was sitting in a hospital room very much like the ones we've grown so accustomed to over the past several weeks. It wasn't brain cancer that brought me there that time, though. It was a different kind of trial with a different kind of outcome. But the same God who... Continue Reading →
Several days ago, Jesse and I spent about an hour on the phone with a sweet woman named Jen, who also happens to host The Midday Show on our local christian radio station, KSBJ. We shared our story with her, and she shared our story on her radio show...and then on a local news station.... Continue Reading →
“Dear Jesus, Thank you for this day, and thank you for returning our daddy to us. Thank you that you kept him safe and that he’s getting better. Thank you, God, for daddy’s tumor. We thank you for that, because people are looking for Jesus because of it. . .” I haven’t found myself in... Continue Reading →
I was able to attend church this morning. It was just me and my favorite little girl walking hand in hand into the school building where our people meet each Sunday. The boys stayed home. Their hearts aren’t ready to tell this story to others just yet. Jesse isn’t ready to manage the stimulation yet... Continue Reading →
A few hours ago, we were sitting in a small, but comfortable doctor's office, looking intently at a computer screen full of terms we didn't understand, listening to the doctor explain Jesse's tumor. Before I go any further, you have to know that Jesse currently struggles to read more than a few short words at... Continue Reading →
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