Saturday, September 1, 2012

We Made it to September

A Little Woodland Sprite


What a week. My mother's surgery (mastectomy and reconstruction) was this past Wednesday and (praise the Lord!) it went very well. The doctors believe they were able to remove all the cancer and she has not had any complications (again, praise the Lord!). She was able to move from ICU to a regular room today, Saturday, so my kids were finally able to visit her. I think that visit raised all of our spirits. Isn't it amazing the blessing a few vivacious, care-free children are to stressed-out adults? Their being there at the hospital also testified that we are past all of the scary/worrisome stuff and now Mom just needs a little time to get back to her old self.

Mr. Sweaty Head

Thank you to all of you who prayed for my mom and my family during this time. I was amazed at the sense of peace I had while waiting with my dad during the hours and hours of Mom's surgery. I know that peace was a gift from God and a direct result of all the many prayers offered up for us.

Fishergirls

I'm about brain-dead now and better finish off this post. Hopefully tonight I'll get a good night sleep with no worries, kids with bad dreams, or obnoxious, repeat, 3 a.m. prank callers to interrupt my slumber.


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I hope you enjoy these pictures of my kids from a recent fishing outing with the Cub Scouts. The beauty of nature never fails to remind me of God's great goodness.

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Exploring

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Until next time,

2 comments:

Jill said...

SO glad to hear that your mom is doing well. What a relief that things went as planned, and you can relax while she begins to heal and get back to normal.

Love the pics. My favorite is of the two girls fishing. Yes, there is something about nature...
And there is something about fishing photos that makes life seem so beautiful and peaceful. :)

bobbi said...

I'm so glad to hear that your mm is doing well. I hope you are holding up too and able to get some rest. :-)