It Must Mean Something...A Good Something That Is

I just read our church's e-mail update letter, and I am OFF the prayer list! Whoo-hoo!! God did it! I think I have been on it since February or March of 2006. I have suggested, or at least intended to suggest, that they could take me off for a while, but they sweetly said they would keep my name there. They were right...there is nothing wrong with being lifted before the Father.

On the other hand, though, what a good way to start the new year...OFF the prayer list! (Now, if our lives start to crumble at our feet, we will know why, haha...but I choose to believe the Lord is more faithful than that, and that He did not sustain us for a year to let us fall now.)

So...to all of my Highland Family who have prayed for me this past year: THANK YOU! May God honor your prayers and petitions for others as He has done for me and my family. How humbling that realization is. THANK YOU Highland Family.

As Time Goes By

To be profound, "Mercy, where does the time go?!"

Since I have blogged last...

---I have essentially recovered from my double mastectomy
---Been fitted for garments for lymphodema flare ups (I have had a few)
---Had a hysterectomy (all pathology reports were clear, and it was a very easy surgery for me)
---moved into our new house
---done a couple rounds for cold and flu viruses with the girls and myself
---had another friend with a "scare" from her mammogram, but it turned out benign
---had the priviliged blessing to hear that my sister-n-law's scans show her to be cancer free!
---experienced Christmas with joy and a new sense of peace
---completed my cancer collage
---continued to see the grace of love of God through His amazing people...folks being with us at the hospital, food, care, concern
---begun to process what this next year might feel like as this cancer journey takes a different turn, leaving the cancer "signs" and beginning a journey of health and prevention

The latter is most likely what my blog will reflect on the next few entries at least. What will it be like....how will I find healthy motivation to maintain my walking regimine and fat restrictions? What will it be like to walk through the church Atrium and not be stopped by people who are wanting to know how things are going? Will I REALLY be grateful for hair again, or will I move from bald directly to fussing about bad hair days? Will I use my energy and time well, now that it has started to return? What will living with a purpose look like for me....can I suceed at living well?

Lots to ponder as we enter this new year...but praise be to our Father, we will enter it (or so it appears!) standing and smiling. Thanks be to our God!