Sandy-
I much better understand your frustrations and thank you for surviving the migraine enough to explain. I think I see the bigger problem, I see the blog as a way to disseminate information and if I have no interesting information, I am unlikely to write. Especially since writing for me is not much of an outlet. I also see the blog as an experiment in a new way to spread information to the family that did not seem to be embraced by all. For you, the blog is a creative outlet for expression of feelings and ideas, a way to connect. (you say it much better than I but I am in the business of boiling things down to brief squares of data).
Please know that I do continue to read, and I have a new found appreciation for chickens and playing horsey while vomiting. I will try to at least post a brief response now and then. I did think of our family this week. I receive a brief daily devotional (or 2 actually) and the quote was as follows:
"Let us pray in thanksgiving for the women who have brought their faith into our lives.
"Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord." -- Luke 1:45, New King James Version"
I remembered all the faith that the women in this family have shared over the years and said a quick prayer of thanksgiving.
Becky-
So glad our schedules will overlap and we look forward to the 26th.
You are right that the good oncologists do become quite attached to the patients and their families despite the emotional cost. I think I am always in a bit of a funk when one of them is nearing their time to return to God. It is amazing the privilege I have of seeing God through this experience.
