Friday, July 04, 2008

What Nick said when asked about his trip to Honduras

"I learned that if you want something, you can't sit back and wait for it to be handed to you, go get it, and when you do get it, don't hold onto it, give it away."

Wow, how do I even try and follow that with anything but WOW!

Thursday, July 03, 2008

All is Well

God is so faithful, even in the smallest things, my husband, my rock, my soulmate, my partner, my best friend sent me this just a second ago, it is awesome! Thank you babe, I needed that!
All Is Well
Death is nothing at all, I have only slipped into the next room.
I am I and you are you
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.
Call me by my old familiar name,
Speak to me in the easy way which you always used
Put no difference in your tone,
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household world that it always was,
Let it be spoken without effect, without the trace of shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It it the same as it ever was, there is unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near,
Just around the corner.
All is well.


We will spend more time in eternity than we do in this flash of an instance of our so called life.

Life

You know what sucks? The end. The end of movies, the end of relationships, the end of a favorite piece of candy, the end of a loved ones life. My dad got his results back from his last scan. The news was not good. I'm slowly losing my daddy. I hate this for me, mom, my siblings, but most of all, my kids. Emma broke down for the first time since he was diagnosed on the way home last night. I can't fix this hurt because I have it too. I wish I could. I hate that I'm now talking funeral arrangements with my dad instead of vacation plans. I hate that Michael won't know him, learn from him, love him like I do. I need your prayers, I know this won't go away, so now I ask that you pray for it to become easier to handle. Right now, not so much. I feel like I'm losing my mind.