Joys, Twinkles, & Glimmers

 Hello Friends & Family,

We have some appointments & dates coming up and continue to welcome your prayers!

TOMORROW . . . . I am cautiously returning to work. Yes, a little quick but I convinced my surgeon & his nurse assuring them I would abide by the rules. (NO LIFTING and resting when necessary!)

Friday the 1st . . . . Port Installed

Monday the 4th . . . . Chemo Begins

* A couple of weeks ago, curiosity got the best of me and I googled something I definitely should NOT have. I’ve only told a few people but sharing with you now in hopes that you will learn from my mistake! I stupidly googled “life expectancy after a stage 1b pancreas tumor removal/whipple”. After wallowing for a few I got myself together when God told me “You are NOT a statistic. You are not a percentage!” Family, Friends, neither are you! 

God is doing a NEW thing in me. Singing this in church this morning, God got a HOLD of me! I could either laugh & joyfully sing the words or get tender & emotional. Both of which are perfectly fine! But today, I was almost giddy!

For your listening!

This is me committing to read positive stories, praising God in the storms, surrounding myself with supportive, enlightening friends, and seeking JOY in the every day.

Join us in Prayer

~ reality back at work will go easy on me/another step to normalcy

~ the port procedure goes smoothly w/ little to no pain

~ that I remain HEALTHY to conquer each chemo treatment

~ the potential side effects will be minimal or nothing at all for me . . . . 

again, I’m not a percentage! I am most worried about the nausea & neuropathy

~ for my dear friends Neena, Logan, & Rebecca all strongly fighting breast cancer

~ for my uncle healing from double bypass surgery

Join us in Praise

~ fun mini outings this weekend

~ safe, quick Lynchburg trip

~ hugs from both of my boys . . . . young men!

~ Sunday lunch w/ Memaw

~ enjoying the deer, foxes, bunnies, & birds in our yard

~ morning sunshine, blue skies, and grass beneath my feet

~ Duanes protection & taking care of me

~ time w/ Duanes family 

~ laughter

~ daily mile walks

~ I have the BEST girlfriends

Make tassels for yourselves on the corners of your garments throughout the generations, and put a blue thread on the tassels of the corners. You must have this tassel so that you may look at it and remember all the commandments of the Lord and obey them so that you do not follow after your own heart and your own eyes that lead you to unfaithfulness. Numbers 15:38-39

Daily (sometimes hourly!) Surrendering and Looking for all the Glimmers!

Regina & Duane