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Whatever May Come...
It was fairly clear to us pretty early on that Haven was fragile.Both medically and in spirit.And yet, despite it all she is a survivor.A fighter.We sat in appointments this week.Listening to doctors...
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"Look to the Lord and His strength;seek His face always."1 Chronicles 16:11Isn't amazing how quickly we fallwhen things go wrong?It takes one second for all those helplessfeelings to come flooding...
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Home
"Now, our God,we give you thanks,and praise your glorious name."1 Chronicles 29:13After receiving her blood transfusion last night,the doctors decided Haven could go homeuntil the team could be...
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Change Of Plans
After a last minute change of plans yesterday evening...it was decided that Haven would still have her scoping and possible surgery done today.And so this afternoon she got an endoscopy, cystoscopyand...
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Celebrate
"I prayed for this child,and the LORD has granted mewhat I asked of Him."1 Samuel 1:27This girl celebrated her 7th birthday.Her first one outside of the walls of an institution.Her first with a...
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Pause
"Still round the cornerthere may wait,a new roador a secret gate."J.R.R. TolkienWe've been trying to slow life downa little bit... so we can enjoy these last days before summer fades.The next few...
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Just Blend
"It takes courage to live through suffering;and it takes honesty to observe it."C.S. LewisLast week's charity event at the state fairwas monumental.Humbling.It is always good to be aroundpeople who...
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Not There Yet
"But you shall cling to the Lord your Godjust as you have done to this day."Joshua 23:8Ethan's surgery on Fridaywas successful,buthis esophagus is closing.I remind myself...in weakness I will be...
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There Was Good News...And There Was Bad News
Ethan had his appointment yesterdayto discuss the future of his esophagus.The good news is that his doctorwas on board with continuing monthly dilations for the next little while.The bad newsis that at...
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A New Day
"Relying on God has to begin all over againevery day as if nothing had yet been done."C. S. LewisA new day.We start over.Trusting that God's planis the greatest plan.And that He will carry us with huge...
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Fleeting Feelings
"Those who plant in tearswill harvest with shouts of joy."Psalm 126:5Last week was rough...Ethan had a severe upper respiratory infectionthat left us dreading the fast approaching cold/flu...
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I Needed Him More...
"I have loved you with an everlasting love."Jeremiah 31:3Looking back at the first stirrings of adoption in our lifewe were so wide-eyed and raring to go.We wanted to follow God's call.We were ready.We...
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Ever Faithful
"The world is indeed full of periland in it there are many dark places.But still there is much that is fair.And though in all lands,love is now mingled with grief,it still grows,perhaps, the...
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Ethan's Fight
"The pain I feel nowis the happiness I had before.That's the deal."C.S. LewisToday, as I gave percussions and suctioned Ethan for what seemed like the millionth time...I thought "I'm not cut out for...
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Unfailing Love
"It was when I was happiest that I longed most... The sweetest thing in all my lifehas been the longing...to find the place where all the beauty came from."C.S. LewisEthan's surgery was a success.His...
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"Not only so,but we also glory in our sufferings,because we know that suffering produces perseverance;perseverance, character;and character, hope."Romans 5:3,4Sometimes life deals you blows.Ethan is...
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Change of Plans
But God had other plans...We upped Ethan's Hydrochortisone in anattempt to avoid a hospital stay. By midnight his fever was goneand he was no longer lethargic.This morning he was back to his old...
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Ethan's Wish Trip
"Some day you will be old enoughto start reading fairy tales again."C. S. LewisThis trip?It was epic.Children wore battle scars heroically.And beautifully.We saw our reflections mirrored backin the...
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"Her absence is like the sky,spread over everything."C.S. LewisI could see her future.But as I was writing her story in my mind...God had already written hers.And they did not end the same.In my...
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Holding On
I find myself holding on...to her favorite blanket,the drawing that she made that morning,the framed picture that has forever captured her beautiful smile.I cannot bring myself to put away her pink...
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Divided
"There will come a timewhen you believe everything is finished.That will be the beginning."Louis L'AomourTime has passed.The world seems a bit brighter.A new season...Hope.I have come to realize that...
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"Now at last they were beginning Chapter Oneof the Great Storywhich no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before." C.S. LewisLife will never be...
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What Remains
"His grief he will not forget;but it will not darken his heart,it will teach him wisdom."J.R.R. TolkienIn April, Ethan celebrated a year of life outsideof the hospital.One whole year with his...
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She Said "Yes"
"Hope is not found in a way outbut a way through."Robert FrostOn the other side of grief...beyond the sorrow and weeping...there was a greater story unfolding.Forever ours...Harper Jubilee"'For I know...
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Shaken
"And He will come to us like the rain."Hosea 6:3I decided that Jesus was my life when I was 2.I gave Bible sermons from my "pulpit" for anyone who would listen.And for years we had this mutual give and...
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