Saturday, 29 November 2008

• Just an update......

  Now, don't faint anyone, I'm actually posting an entry!  :)  As you know, this has been one of the most challenging years of our married life together, but God is so good, He has given us hope, and things are calming down.  I know this verse is used so often that its easy to just dismiss it, or read over it without thinking about its meaning anymore, but I have come to grip this verse: "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for wholeness and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope".  Jer 29:11   That future and hope is in Christ and we have clung to Him this year like a cat scaling the Empire State Bldg.

  We have so much to be grateful for this year, in spite of our losses.  We have seen A LOT of family that we haven't seen in a long time.  We have EXCELLENT friends. In spite of how things looked last November, I turned 40 and I'm healthy.  Eden has grown several inches.  (Eden and I are both doing great physically, now that we know what was wrong.)  Dana and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary in August.  To celebrate, we renewed our wedding vows on November 1st.  What a blast!!!  I turned 40 on Oct. 31st and the next day we got hitched.  We had so many family and friends out to celebrate with us, I can't imagine a better way to end the year.  It was truly fantastic!

  Elijah is with his dad right now, he went home last month.  He ended up in the hospital after being home one week, but there haven't been anymore issues since then, at least that I know about.  For now, we continue to pray for Elijah and his dad.  We miss that little boy more than words can say.

  I am still not able to run, and will, once again, miss running the PF Chang Rock n Roll Marathon in January.  I am more bummed about that than words can say.  That has been one of my goals for years, and each year it slips away.  I am determined though, and refuse to give up!!!  The neuromas in my left foot are not responding to treatment, and its looking like I may have to have surgery to remove them.  I'm not very happy about that, but I am ready to run!  So I will do whatever it takes.

  The day before my birthday I found out that my uterus is filled with little tumors and abnormalities, but a biopsy was performed the same day and it came back negative for cancer. (I was so glad to have over 20 people in my house during my birthday weekend to keep my mind off of those test results!)  I go back in Dec. 23rd for a little uterine exploration surgery to see what else is in there and to remove whatever they find.  I'm a little nervous about that because I hate the idea of being under a general anesthesia, but I know I'm in God's hands.

  Looking towards Christmas we are filled with so much joy, and 6 months ago I don't think I'd ever have believed I'd be saying that now. Death is such a strange thing.  Its hard to imagine that you will ever recover from the death of a close loved one, and I don't believe you ever completely recover, but you recover enough that the next time you lose a close loved one you are amazed at how painful it is.  Because that pain is so severe, it reminds you of other close loved ones you've lost.  Losing my dad when I was 18 was the deepest, darkest pain I'd ever felt, that is of course, until I lost Mary.  And in dealing with Mary's death, I have to redeal with my dad's death to a degree.  Nothing quite ties you to death like the pain of another death.  As you can see I'm having a hard time putting this into words.  :)

  In any event, we are so excited to celebrate Jesus' birth and the love and blessings God has chosen to fill our lives with.  We do worship a loving and spectacular God!  I cannot imagine this life without Him!!!

  I'm still not real regular with my blog rounds, but I'm hoping that should get a little easier now.  Of course, Facebook has taken over my life!  Ha Ha!!! But I still want to read my favorite blogs whenever I can.

  Wishing you the Lord's blessings and a beautfiul holiday season,

  beth

   

   

   

   

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