I love this song, 10,000 Reasons, and all it promises, but mostly I love the promise of new mercies that come with each new sunrise, and a heart's prayer to still be thankful when it sets.
As we enter into November today, 4 months since Wendy's interruption of life began, I invite you to join me in being thankful. Thankful for early diagnosis. Thankful for negative genetic testing. Thankful for a team of Doctors and nurses who have the skill set to care for her week after week. Thankful that the prescribed treatment they have given appears to be working. Thankful that they can no longer really feel her tumor. Thankful that even though she has had a few "not today" moments, she has had a thousand more "I can today's". Thankful that even though she had to go to the hospital this week, chemo wasn't delayed and the treatment worked to stabilize her levels in as little time as possible. Thankful for being discharged from the hospital on Friday. Thankful for God's YES to Halloween with kids and retirement parties with family and friends. Thankful that people are willing to donate blood so she can feel better after transfusions. Thankful for friends, near and far. Thankful for a family who loves her to the moon and back. Thankful even though we hate cancer. Thankful and singing when the evening comes.
Tomorrow, with the sunrise, we enter a new week. We pray for outcomes that are different than last week- for normal labs, a healthy immune system, the ability to receive chemo without a hitch on Wednesday, for no joint and muscle aches, for something that resembles "normal", for more "I can" days than "not today's".
We choose to look forward in thanksgiving and in hopeful anticipation--only looking back to see how far we've come!! Thanks for your ongoing prayers and support as Wendy-Woo Strikes Out Cancer!
Blessings- K
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