Thankful

I haven't posted anything for a while now. Mainly because I have been spending all of my time with my precious family. Many of you, are wondering how Greg is doing. God has been so very good to us, He has blessed us with memories we never dreamed of making. On September 21st when we were told that there was nothing more they could do to treat his cancer, we truly felt like we had a month at best. We also felt like his speech would be gone. However, we prayed that he wouldn't lose his speech and that the tumor would grow slowly and allow us more time until it was time for the Lord to take him home. He has answered both of those requests as he still has clear speech and He has given us a lot more time than we anticipated. However, his health has declined extremely rapidly in the past 2 weeks and we feel like he is nearer to the finish line than he has been before. However, we know the Lord can still step in and heal him here on earth if He chooses!

About 3 weeks ago Greg started having focal seizures. These were small seizures where he would zone out and his eyes would stare off into space. He could usually understand us and answer questions, but he wasn't fully there. It wasn't until I would get in front of his stare and have him focus on me that he would come out of it. We found that bringing his focus to me and off of whatever took him away generally brought him out of his seizure. (side note...he has stopped having those seizures)

I have been thinking about that a lot lately. I am just like that with Jesus. There are many days when fear of being alone or of making mistakes with the bills or not managing our money correctly puts me into a sort of trance as well. I get worried and think I won't be able to do it on my own, that is when the Lord gets right in my face like I have done with Greg and brings my focus back on Him. He reminds me that I will never be able to do anything on my own. It is only when I rely fully on Him that I will be able to rest easy knowing that with God, all things are possible! (Matthew 19:26) So I am working on staying focused on Him more.

Let me share some of the amazing things we have gotten to do in the past month. We went on an amazing beach trip with all of Greg's family and it was such a blessing. Then we took a trip to see Jerod and Alex at Liberty. It was a fun weekend and we enjoyed being there with them. Greg's mom joined us for a week and we had a lot of good conversation and lots of great food given to us by our sweet church family. Then one Sunday, our worship pastor and a few others came to worship with us in our home. It was a beautiful time of fellowship!

Greg's big bucket list request was to see Annie walk down the aisle. He knew he probably wasn't going to make it to that special day, so we planned another way to make that happen. With the help of our youth pastor, Sunday school class, and many other sweet friends, a wedding ceremony of sorts was planned in less than a week. We had a purity ceremony for Annie where Greg gave her a purity ring and she vowed to remain pure until marriage. It was precious in every way. Please watch the video below to see just how special it was.

We have had a good Thanksgiving week and celebrated Annie's birthday. We are now just going to enjoy the Christmas season and know that every day truly is a gift and we will thank Him for each one of them. We pray each of you cherishes your family and shows love to one another....don't sweat the small stuff! We love you all and thank you for your love and support while we walk this journey.


Click on the link below to watch the video.

Annie's Purity Ceremony Video