Celebrating our Wedding Vow renewal today

Celebrating our wedding vow renewal

Today is a blessed day as my sweet hubby and I are celebrating the renewal of our wedding vows after 41 years of marriage. Last year, he asked me to marry him again, which I did with great pride and excitement. God has given us another wonderful year together filled with His precious love and grace.

This is a double blessing because my doctors did not believe I would live another year. Guess they just don't realize how big our Heavenly Father is and that Jesus is our Healer. I was prayed over yesterday at church for healing and I am convinced that Jesus has completely healed me. I look forward to my next PET scan so that my doctors can take me off my chemo.

I don't know where the Lord will take me along my journey to the next chapter of my life. Whatever it is, I Iook forward to it with great excitement and pray that He use me to His glory and honor. Wherever He chooses to take me, I know it will be an exciting, wonderful and blessed trip.

May you have a very blessed day.

Praising God, doctors were wrong.

I know it has been some time since I last journaled and time to catch up.

I Praise God that it has now been 13 months since my oncologist gave me 4-11 months to live and here I am. I rejoice and thank our Heavenly Father for watching over me these months and keeping me from the pain from cancer. It has now been 11 months since I have had to take any morphine for the bone cancer pain.

This has been a wonderful year filled with God's blessings. I have been through some tough months with my liver functions being 5X higher than they should be for a few weeks. Then I came down with very painful Shingles. Good news is I got a 5 week break from my chemo treatments. All is well now and I began my treatments again 2 weeks ago.

I have been blessed in so many ways this past year. Not only has our Heavenly Father heard and answered prayers going up on my behalf but continues to show me His sweet love through so many sisters and brothers in Christ. I have been driven to all my chemo treatments, friends have brought food, gifts, sent encouraging cards, and come to visit and call on a regular basis. I have been blessed by precious little children drawing pictures for me, making me tie dye shirts, making bracelets, etc. Another dear sweet friend (her name is Shirley too) gave me a prayer shawl that she had knitted for me. She made me cry because she said she prayed over me the whole time she was making it for me.

We were blessed because our daughter Dianna and two of her sons came to visit us this past week. Unfortunately it was way to short for grandpa and I but so grateful for the wonderful time we did have together. They were also a great support for me and took me to my chemo treatment while they were here. We are also looking forward to our other daughter Sandy and her children coming to visit at the end of this month.

Gee, my blessing go on and on and on.Thank each of you for being such a precious angel in my life, for your love, your support, help, and encouragment. I do thank God for each one of you and know I am blessed beyond anything I can ever imagine. To think this is just a taste of what heaven will be like. Wow!!!!!

Well, I pray you too continue to be showered with God's blessings daily.

Praising God, doctors were wrong.

I know it has been some time since I last journaled and time to catch up.

I Praise God that it has now been 13 months since my oncologist gave me 4-11 months to live and here I am doing very well. I rejoice and thank our Heavenly Father for watching over me these months and keeping me from the pain from cancer. It has now been 11 months since I have had to take any morphine for the bone cancer pain. This has been a wonderful year filled with God's blessings.

I have been through some tough months with my liver functions being 5X higher than they should be for a few weeks. Then I came down with very painful Shingles. Good news is I got a 5 week break from my chemo treatments. All is well now and I began my treatments again 2 weeks ago.

God continues to shower me with His sweet blessings. Not only has our Heavenly Father heard and answered prayers going up on my behalf but continues to show me His sweet love through so many sisters and brothers in Christ.

I have been driven to all my chemo treatments, friends have brought food, gifts, sent encouraging cards, and come to visit and call on a regular basis. I have been blessed by precious little children drawing pictures for me, making me tie dye shirts, making bracelets, etc.

Another dear sweet friend (her name is Shirley too) gave me a prayer shawl that she had knitted for me. She made me cry because she said she prayed over me the whole time she was making it for me.

We were blessed because our daughter Dianna and two of her sons came to visit us this past week. Unfortunately it was way to short for grandpa and I but so grateful for the wonderful time we did have together. They were also a great support for me and took me to my chemo treatment while they were here. We are also looking forward to our other daughter Sandy and her children coming to visit at the end of this month.

Gee, my blessings go on and on and on. Thank each of you for being such a precious angel in my life, for your love, your support, help, and encouragment. I do thank God for each one of you and know I am blessed beyond anything I can ever imagine. To think this is just a taste of what heaven will be like. Wow!!!!!

Well, I pray you too continue to be showered with God's blessings daily.

Another challenging week

I did not get my chemo treatment again this week. When I went for treatment, doctor informed me that my liver functions were high. He said it might be a fluke but didnt' want to take the chance so they ran another blood test. Doctor called me late Friday night to tell me the results and that he had no idea what is causing this problem. He said my liver functions are 5x highter than they should be. I have to go back on Monday for more tests and depending on results, I may have to go back into the hospital.



The good news is that I have a break from chemo for a few weeks. The bad news is that the cancer may spread faster. I am also going through lots of pain with shingles on my backside.



I have not let my husband and daughters know yet because I did not want to ruin my daughter's 40th birthday bash last night in Georgia. My hubby will be home today from Georgia and I will have to tell him the latest news and then call our daughters. Please pray they not worry to much about the news.



Good news is that since I will not have to schedule chemo treatments, my hubby and I can go on our annual trip to El Paso, Ruidoso, and Alburquerque the week of the 23rd to celebrate our 41st wedding anniversary. Yeah!!!!!!



I know God is still in control and not surprised by what I am going through. Why He chooses to allow me to go through this I don't know but my prayer is that I honor and glorify Him though all this.



I am blessed with the Bible studies I am taking on Mondays and Tuesdays and love the time together in His Word and with my sisters in Christ. They continue to bring me encouragement and support.



Well, I guess that is all for now, I will blog later with any updates.

Have a very blessed day.

Great Praise report from my oncologist yesterday

My husband and I went to see my oncologist yesterday to get results from PET scan done on Tuesday. We were excited to hear that cancer is stable and no new growths. Praise God. Thank you all for your continued prayers on my behalf. God continues to hear those prayers and is answering.

Doctor also told us that he is still amazed that my renal functions are great and he still can't understand it. He says test show that my 1/3 of kidney I have remaining continues to work almost as good as two full kidneys. I tell him that the answer if very simple, The Lord, my healer, continues to have his hand on me.

Doctor is concerned that I do continue to loose weight. He thinks the weight that I thought I had gained was only fluids. I am down to 109 now and he has started me on Marinol to try to increase my appetite. In one way, I am really lucky because I can eat everything and anything I want. I just don't have much of a desire to eat. When I do feel hungry, I get full with only 4-5 bites of food. He says that it is good for me to eat sugar to gain weight. Wish I liked sweets more. lol

We were also told that if I don't start to gain weight, he may have to stop giving me chemo treatments every week and cut in half. Danger then is that my cancer may begin to spread again. Danger if I continue to loose weight is that I won't be able to fight off any infections.

I am still at total peace and know God is still in control. I was also told that I would have to be on morphine for the rest of my life to help with the pain. But God has other plans for I have not had any pain for about 7 months now which means no morphine. YEAH!!!!

I am feeling sad though because my counts have been down and I will have to miss my beautiful daughter's 40th birthday bash in Georgia. Doctor does not think it will be safe for me to fly at this time. I will miss her big bash but will be with her in love and spirit.

God is good all the time and I am excited to see His hand on me and my family and friends. I am blessed daily with His love through so many people and He continues to provide rides to chemo, encouragement, love, and support through so many of you.

I read this the other day and was so blessed, I want to share it with you.

"it seemed like a dream, too good to be true, when God (gave us the victory).. Now, God, do it again... so those whith heavy hearts will come out laughing, with armloads of blessing"Psalm 126

When you have a heavy heart, when life deals you a difficult blow, God wants to turn things around in your favor. Not only does He want to bring you out, but He wants to bring you out with a smile and better off than you were before. He wants to give you the victory and fill you with armloads of blessings!

You might be thinking, "That sounds too good to be true. You don't know my situation." But understand, God wants to overwhelm you with His goodness. He wants you to feel like you are living in a dream.

The scripture says that He delights in the prosperity of His people. In other words, it gives Him great joy to bless you. You can be certain that when you stand in faith, even when it's difficult, God will reward you. He'll fill you with His peace. He'll give you supernatural strength. He'll give you the grace you need to face those challenges. You can be sure that He'll always lead you into victory and fill you with armloads of blessings.

God is allowing us to go through trials right now, my cancer, house burning down, and pressures at work for my husband. However, I still know without doubt that our Heavenly Father continues to walk beside us and will never leave us.

I love this scripture and I lean on it often.

Isaiah 43: 2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.

He knows what you and I are going through today and it is no surprise to Him. Lean on Him with whatever you are going through and He will see us through on the other side more blessed than we can even imagine.

Have a very blessed day.

my chemo treatment yesterday

I want to thank you all for keeping me in your prayers. My friends came to pick me up again for my chemo treatment yesterday and all went well. Praise God.

My weight is back up to 113. My blood count went from 1500 to 2400 and my blood pressure went down to 138/87. BP meds are working and God is answering all your prayers on my behalf.

Feeling tired today and taking it easy on what I eat not to get sick to my stomach. Otherwise feeling good and able to play on my computer. Yeah!!!!!

I hope you are all having a wonderful day and have a great weekend.

love and hugs,

My embarrassing moment

Have you ever been embarrased by trying out a new recipe? No? Well I managed to do just that, I love to cook and try new recipes.I wanted to make a new recipe and can't even remember what it was now because it has been over a year ago. The recipe called for arrowroot. I am embarrassed to say, I had NEVER heard of it before. I figured ok, it has root in the name perhaps it is something like gingerroot. Well, I was totally wrong.I went to our local grocery store and could not find this treasured arrowroot. Went to Walmart and again no luck. I figured, ok, I will go to Sun Harvest, surely they will have it there. I walk into Sun Harvest and low and behold, there is the arrowroot. Unfortunately, it was in a 1/2 gallon container and I had to put it into a plastic bag. No problem. I get my plastic bag and put it up against the opening of the jar. Good, got it into the bag with no problem. Oh Oh, Problem. I forgot to put the bin number on the bag. Again, no problem. I sealed the bag shut so I will just write on the bag. I began to write the number on the bag and all of a sudden it looked like I had sent out a smoke signal. There was arrowroot all over the counter, tops of jars, and in between the jars and counters. Of course, I look around to see if anyone was watching. Good, no one saw me. I start to look for a paper towel, tissue, something to gather the arrowroot to pick it up. There was nothing around. I ALWAYS have tisses in my purse but not this day. Can't find a thing to clean my mess and still no one around. I look for an employee to get some help, none around. Ok, I can do this. I begin to scrape the arrowroot from the tops of the jars onto the counter and gather it together with the side of my hand. Good, I finally get it all in a neat little pile. Now, I go to pick it up in the palm of my hand and poof, looked like I was sending out more smoke signals. Still no one watching me so I again gather all the arrowroot into a small pile with the side of my hand. This time, I am going to gather it with my fingers so not to send more signals. I gingerly try to scoop up the pile of arrowroot from the counter. Poof, now looks like several mini smoke signals going through my fingers. I am still watching to see if I am being watched. No on around yet. After all, I don't want to be embarrassed.I finally give up and walk away with the mess still there. I then realize that there are hardly any customers and I could only find one employee. I said "excuse me sir but someone made a big mess on the spice isle that needs to be cleaned up." I walk away and there on the isle where I found the employee was a small jar of arrowroot with all the other spices. I did not even think to buy it, I just wanted out of there fast. I also look back and wonder, why didn't I think to scoop the arrowroot off the edge of the counter into the bag. But then, I would not have such a fun story to share.As I look back, it dawns on me there were no employees in the store because they were all in the security room watching me on video. I also think the one employee smirked as I told him about the mess and he was trying hard not to break out in laughter.Well, I hope you enjoyed reading my embarrassing moment and it brought a little joy to your day. I am feeling a little down today and wanted to bless others who may be feeling the way I do.God Bless and keep you,