A Feast Awaits
A guest blog by Christi. Note: I originally wrote this August 28, 2015, but I wanted to read it to Jeff before publishing, but he was placed on a ventilator before I could. I had to move forward without his…
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Faith; God; leukemia
In the Heat of Battle
Guest post by Christi Cole I have never been involved in a physical battle, but I have seen my share of spiritual battles over the years. The battle we find ourselves in now really began almost two years ago…
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Covered by Blood
Warning: the following post is gross. Please take caution before reading. What started as my nighttime routine last Thursday night became a nightmare. After brushing my teeth and tending to my sinuses with a saline wash, I was ready…
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Frequent Visitors Club
Photo by Feans; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode I wish I could say that a Tolkien-like adventure has kept me from writing for over two weeks. Unless you count a few hallucinations from medication or shock, it was just a run-of-the-mill hospital stay that nearly…
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I Am a New Creation
Happy birthday to me! A few of you who know my actual birthday are confused right now. Maybe it’s the medication, you’re thinking. No, Happy Second Birthday to me! We’re celebrating the day, January 22, 2014, that I received my…
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It’s Hard to Be Served
A haircut. A massage. A gallon of milk. Mowing the lawn. Babysitting our girls. A couple hundred dollars to defray expenses. A race ran in my honor. These are just a few examples of the myriad blessings that family, friends,…
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The Numbers Game
Did you know that your chances of being killed by an asteroid are 1 in 74.8 million? 1 How about being attacked by a shark? 1 in 3.7 million. 2 Winning Powerball? 1 in 175 million. 3 (I think it’s…
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Working the Puzzle
Today is Day 1 of five days of chemotherapy. I am having this round to hopefully prevent the leukemia from returning while we wait for the transplant, which is tentatively scheduled for September 9. I’ll be admitted to the hospital…
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