Where do I begin...this week has not been good. One of my dearest and bestest friends, Christie was diagnosed with breast cancer. She is only 29 and 9 weeeks pregnant. She is scheduled now for a mastectomy on the 21st. It just really stinks and our lives will forever be changed because of it. She is an awesome woman of faith and will continue and has blessed so many through her courage. She is truly one of the most sincere people I know and she is geniune in all she does. I am so glad that I have her family as our friends as we prayed for friends like them and they have really blessed us. We joke about her having great boobs after this journey is all said and done and how jealous I am really going to be. I have found this week to be very trying and questioning why this is happening and why now. I know that our GOD IS BIG and Christie and her precious baby are going to be OK.....but I just get so sad because I don't want my friend to have cancer...but you can bet that I am going to be praying non stop and will proudly wear a "my friend beat cancer" shirt and might even end up with a new tatoo.
Carson and Brantley continue to be wonderful and really bless my life. They are ready for Christmas and Santa and oh how I remember the anticipation of Christmas Eve...getting up in the middle of the night to see what Santa brought us.
Christmas Dreams party is this week and I pray that each youth attends and is blessed because of it. This week has again put so much in perspective.....to remember the reason for the season.
Brantley is also having her 3rd set up tubes (maybe 3 can be her lucky number) on the 18th and they are also going to do some allergy testing. Hopefully these ones will work for longer and she will get rid of any discomfort she might have. We will pray her through surgery as it is always scary when they take her out of your arms, makes me think of how Mary felt holding her baby boy that was going to die for the rest of us......
Till next time
