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Take the World, but Give Me Jesus written by Fanny J. Crosby Take the world, but give me Jesus, All its joys are but a name; But His love abideth ever, Through eternal years the same. Oh, the height and depth of mercy! Oh, the length and breadth of love! Oh, the fullness of redemption, [...]
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We’re at Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis. Ian’s back getting his next follow-up series of MRI scans – brain and full spine, and I’m here chasing a baby around the waiting area, while trying to convince a couple more girls to do some more of the phonics & math sheets we brought with, while attempting to [...]
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“Okay. Yep. Sounds good. Thanks.” It all seemed so casual, so matter-of-fact. Discharge from the rehab facility on Wednesday More Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, & Physical Therapy evaluations at another out-patient rehab place on Friday More full spine & brain MRIs on Monday Another lumbar puncture & appointment with oncologist to go over all of [...]
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I sit down, stare blankly, think of something to write about, come up with a title, stare blankly some more… And then I do it again the next day, and later again that afternoon… It’s becoming a habit. I had wanted to post all kinds of fabulous pictures from all of our fun fall field [...]
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“HE is faithful, even when we simply do not understand!” part of a comment, left by bonny, on my last post… Such truth. He IS faithful, always has been, always will be. It’s just true. It’s one of those things about Him, one of those true, good, perfect, and unchanging things about Him that make [...]
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“It’s basically excruciating…” He was referring to the pain in his feet, nerve pain, one of the unpleasant side-effects of the “low-dose” chemotherapy drug Vincristine. And this was supposed to be the easy stuff. Ian received 6 doses of Vincristine, one each week while he was undergoing Proton Therapy. It was the chemo part of [...]
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Out my back door… There is a bit of a lull* these days, and yes, I’m loving it. I drove myself and all 8 kids home to east central Minnesota from Bloomington, IN, across 4 lovely states, with many bathroom and breastfeeding stops along the way, in just under 15 hrs, 2 weeks ago today. [...]
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I woke up at 5, nursed the baby, put her in a fresh diaper, then proceeded to wake the rest of the children, one by one, sending them to use the restroom, putting their shoes and sweatshirts on (we all slept in our travel clothes, oh yes we did, don’t judge me), and then we [...]
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