In Christ Alone our Hope is Found

I remember standing inside Micah's hospital room five years ago listening to the surgeon talk to the residents outside our door. I was just going out to get some water and I stopped to listened. He was giving Micah's history. It was a little fuzzy because the sound was coming through the door. But one of the residence must have asked, "What will happen next?" or "What are Micah's chances?" I heard Dr Merritt say, "I don't know. I did my best and we will see what happens." Those words come back to me often when I think of where we are today. Dr Merritt didn't know, but the Lord sure did and He had something beautiful in mind for our boy and family. God has given Micah 5 very healthy years. We could have never even imagined this 5 years ago. It was one of the hardest days of our lives. We didn't know if Micah would come out of surgery whole. Surgery took 2 hours longer than was originally thought. His breathing was incredibly rou

Yep it's March. I have become one of those absent bloggers - Something I have always said that I would never do!! I love blogging so much. It's a great outlet, but I have to settle my longing. It's not part of my season right now. The time will come back some day. Sometimes learning to be content in the season you are in is hard, but important. It's so easy to keep looking forward and forget about today. If you do that, someday you will wish you could have all of those today's back. We got the call a few weeks ago about Micah's first aftercare appointment (April 16). He is going to get his heart thoroughly checked out for any damage. They are going to do an Xray of his chest to check on his lungs. He will see his oncologist and radiologist, meet a new case managerand see a few other new people that I don't know. It's kind of an exciting day. It is also the first time that we are going that Micah is completely and totally aware of what has gone on, what