Facing the New Year

The last part of this year has been a whirlwind.  Sherry's cancer has been hard on all of us.  It is hard to watch her suffer and not able to help.   I do all I can but I feel that I am not doing enough and then I am so tired and run down that it is hard for me to even care for myself.  I glance forward peering into the new year and try to see what the future holds but I can't see enough, or far enough down that road of time.  I just hope we can hold it all together for another year.  Please pray for us if you read this.  One day all the questions will have answers.

We are on the eve of Christmas. Children are awaiting the arrival of Saint Nicholas, wonderful foods are being prepared and families come together.  I keep having flashbacks of past Christmases, some good some not so good.  But, I try to bring back the thoughts of childhood Christmases.  I feel a sadness that all those wonderful folks of yesteryear are gone.  We fill their shoes now for we are the family elders.  The best thing about Christmas is family and having them to love.  Please if you are reading this cherish that most of all for it slips away over the years.  It seems each passing year we lose one here and one there.  They leave their memories and the sadness creeps in.  I love you all, friends, family and aquaintences.  Merry Christmas and God Bless.

Fight the Good Fight

My wife and I have embarked on a rocky journey.  She starts chemo in about a week.  Ths mastectomy was about a month back and has healed.  She has her drainage tube out tomorrow.  We are afraid of the unknown and the known, the things we have read.  We are both hoping the after affects of the chemo aren't too harsh.  We are going to fight the good fight and take it one day at a time, maybe even one moment at a time in the rough times.  God be with us, His will be done.