I didn’t mean to take a blogging break past the weekend, but it just happened that way. We actually traveled to Southwest Georgia on Sunday to spend time with family. We had a wonderful family dinner together on Sunday evening at Gran & Pop’s (my maternal grandparents) house. Yesterday, Gran was admitted to the hospital. She found out on Friday that she has a form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. I debated putting any of this on my blog since the blog is public and family matters are, for all intents and purposes, private. However, I decided I would put it here because most people don’t happen upon this blog by accident and I wanted to ask my family and friends for prayers. And, even if you do stumble across this accidentally, well, maybe you can offer up a prayer too.
This is going to sound crass to say and I know it, but sometimes there is nothing you can say about cancer except that it just sucks. Cancer has found its way into my family a few times and the last two times it’s been close to home. Over the summer, my awesome step-mom Dorothy (aka MiMi to the girls) was diagnosed with breast cancer. She’s undergone the torture of chemo and is now going through radiation. Praise God, she’s a trooper and is handling it all with grace and faith, but to say it’s been hard is the understatement of the decade. And, now my sweet Gran is about to go through chemo treatments too. She had her port placed today and a protocol should be decided tomorrow so that she can start her treatments. It’s going to be a hard road, but I know that, like Dorothy, she will face it with faith in God and strength from His grace. It hurts my heart that they are going through this. Cancer claimed Mickey’s beloved Grandpa Frank last year and his Grandma had overcome breast cancer several years ago before she passed away this past fall. It touches too many families. I dare say that there aren’t many people out there whose family hasn’t been affected by it in some way. And, like so many others out there, we wait and hope for a cure.
I’m asking for prayer for Gran, Pop and the family as she goes through this trial. I’m also asking for prayer for Dorothy as she goes through radiation. These are two women that mean so much to me and my little family. We trust in God’s plan as we pray for healing and peace.
Blessings,
Kelly
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” – Jeremiah 29:11-13