Category: Updates

For everything there is a season,  a time for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die.  Ecclesiastes 3:1-2  There is really no easy way to begin this. I’ve recognized that one way I want to offer love to others is in the form of protection. I don’t want…

In one hand I hold the belief that God is good, faithful, wondrous, trustworthy, beautiful, and in the other hand I hold utter heartbreak. Both are true.  Houston remains consistent in leaving us with more questions than answers. Each time we get back in the car or board the plane our hearts are heavy. The…

Hello everyone! It felt like time to write a little update and let you know how the past month has treated us. Again, thank you for your continued investment in following along with our journey.  I’d first like to share the exciting news that we have a beach trip planned for April and a dog…

Dear friends and family,  I wanted to take the time to update you further since my last visit to Houston for additional testing.  MEDICAL UPDATE:  Houston has become a hard place to visit. Even with the incredible relational support system the Lord has so graciously provided and the warmer weather (which is so good for…

Dear friends and family,  I truly wish I was writing you a different kind of update but here we are.  We met with the surgeon in Houston this morning and there has been a spread of disease. I have two new liver spots (one measured in millimeters, one around ¾ inches in size) and I…

Dearest friends and family,  Today marks nine months since we received the news that has since altered our lives in ways I never could have imagined. One thing about a medical crisis (and perhaps any crisis) it really has the power to repeatedly remind you that life is both fragile and precious. It has the…

Dearest friends and family,  You are probably wondering how I’m doing and what all has happened since my last update. Since I last shared I have had two chemo treatments, celebrated turning 38 and had some other ups and downs.  The sixth chemo treatment was terrible. This could have been due to my body not…

Dear Framily,  Thank you for your patience while waiting for part two of the update. Following is what we’ve learned from the past surgery and what the plan for treatment/surgeries will be moving forward.  During the Liver Surgery: ·      They did not find any hidden “widespread disease” in my abdomen.   ·      They did find a small additional…

Hello, dear friends and family…and friends of friends and family!  I usually have a good idea of how I’m going to approach and communicate my updates but SO much has happened over the past three weeks that this might be all over the place – so bear with me.  On Monday, August 22nd I had been noticing…