A blog about faith and fighting leukemia.
Good people leave an inheritance to their grandchildren.” ~Proverbs 13:22 (NLT) Around the time I married in 2002, I moved to the small town of Berea, Kentucky. I had recently returned to the Christian faith, and I was like a…
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When Emmy was small and going through a rough stage—I can’t recall which one, but I’d venture to guess it involved lack of sleep for us—I made the comment, “Someday, we’ll look back at this and muse, ‘Those were the…
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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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Even hospital stays are relative. Of the five inpatient stays I’ve had, this as been one of the worst in some ways. Sure, it’s been shorter and I haven’t felt anything like I did when I received the chemotherapy for…
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I’ve felt like a popular guy the last couple of weeks. There was a good response to my last two blog posts and my birthday was last week. I probably received more cards this year than the previous ten years…
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Experience is the best teacher, so they say. I would add the caveat that “evaluated” experience is the best teacher. If we don’t take the time to evaluate what has happened to us, we often miss the lesson. Photo by…
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I’ve wrapped up another trip to Houston. This is my third time since going home after the transplant. The planning and logistics have become fairly routine. I stay at the same place, take generally the same flights, see the same…
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There aren’t many benefits to insomnia. I experience it occasionally due to the medication I take. Ambien helps, but I try not to take it every night since I get up at 5 am for work. There has been one…
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It’s been nearly seven years now since I lost my dad to lung cancer. When I left for Iraq in March 2005, he was seemingly fine. He had surgery about a year later and the doctors thought he was cured. …
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My daughter, Emmy, is becoming quite the little artist. She draws a mean Larry Boy and her rendering of Olaf is pretty good, too. She doesn’t draw them from memory but will look at a book or a picture of…
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