13.1

I ran the half marathon in Atlanta on Sunday with my girl friends - it was very theraputic for me, and I feel like it was a little symbolic of my life of late thus the odd title :-).

Mom has been dealing with her own marathon. Each day she has a couple different nurses checking on her, but the past week has been really rough. She had a good few days early last week, but she has started throwing up literally everything she takes in now. Each day is pretty rough for her, and it is the most painful thing in the world to not be able to fix it. I want so badly to call some physician somewhere and get her something that will make her stop throwing up...but right now it seems to be another blockage and we all know there isn't anything anyone can do about that.

All we can do is pray, pray for peace, pray for her comfort, and just cotinuous prayer for God's presence. We listened to an Andy Stanley sermon today when Ty laid down for his nap, and that was really nice. Think I'm going to try to make that a daily happening for us both.

If you live in Greenville or even if you don't, please don't hesitate to come by. Call or don't call...the company does her a lot of good and we'll be heading back to Atlanta at the end of the week. Feel free to call me if you can't reach her or call Carol...but I do believe it is the time to visit.

I love you all very much and please continue to pray.

Lots of Progress

I've been looking through a lot of pics over the last week...thought I'd share some of my favorites over the next few posts...

Mom seems to be doing much better over the last few days. The beautiful weather has helped, and we were actually able to walk down to see the horses yesterday. Mom made it all the way out there and sat out in the sunshine while Ty ran around like a crazed 2-year old giggling about the horses.

It's been a lot...taking care of Ty and Honey too...but we've been enjoying it so much. Today she'd like to get out of the house so we're going to try to go to the store and see how she does. She's still getting sick a lot and is dealing with a lot of sadness, but she is also trying to deal with the sadness and not just pushing it under the rug so that's a good thing.

As always, a million thanks to all of our loved ones for the continued thoughts and prayers.

2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.

Mom: Update 1

I know I haven't utilized this blog in a while, but I am going to try to get back to it since so many of our loved ones have been wanting to know how mom is doing. This is the latest, and I promise to do my best with updates as frequently as possible...

Mom is currently signed on with hospice. It has been a very rough few days as we have been working hard to get her levels of medication correct - medicated and comfortable but not completely out of it.

She seems to be there now and I cannot say enough good things about VistaCare. They've been wonderful!

Please say some prayers for all of us right now...for our peace during these days and for mom to be completely comfortable but still able to enjoy time with all of us. Visitors are welcome so if you're local and want to come see mom, just call me or Carol.

Thanks to everyone, and I promise for more updates and maybe even photos once we are actually in greenville this weekend.