A couple of hours before the appointment time for the radiation treatment a peace descended upon us which seemed to embrace us, envelope us. At that point we felt no fear and any apprehension seemed to disappear to be replaced by warm comfort. We knew it was you all and our very loving Creator... lifting us up through our Circle of Love. WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL to Him and to each and one of you with your Gifts of the Spirit. We never felt more surrounded by LOVE than during this time..... feeling your presence as surely as our own heartbeats. Tonight we go to bed with the reassuring words of our young doctor...that this treatment worked well and that while the area of the brain where this lesion occurs is quite complicated to treat, he felt that the tumor could be reduced greatly in size and over a matter of weeks, depending on response of Howard's body...healed. There will be a follow-up MRI in about eight weeks to fully determine the true success of today's treatment. We feel very positive about the success of the procedure. "God worked through your hands," we reminded our young radiology oncologist.
We had...for days...considered all the problems others might be enduring....all the pain, all the stories much more horrific than our own. The little children who suffer through all manner of illnesses, diseases...the poor, the lonely, the homeless.. and always. the ones without faith to help them sustain their strength through the storms of life . Reminding ourselves each day how very blessed we have been... this did not take away the dread of going into such unknown territory. After all, the "unknown" presents all humans with a discomfort not to be denied. But today....our journeying into that place became tolerable...enveloped in His Love and your own ...so generously offered to us. While the Knight is of the bravest among us, your love and prayers strengthened his armor. Thank You...Thank You. You were so surely there with us in that very moment in time.
As we walked into the location of treatment today we were the only patient in the office. There was no one about whose story we might wonder or write. As if set up to spare the Knight further delay in treatment of the small brain lesion... he was immediately ushered into the treatment room. This time alone....this time wearing the mask formed for him weeks before. (Howard was given the mask today to bring home as a souvenir of his bravery....an awesome thing to behold. Another reminder of what a wonderful time it is to be alive on Planet Earth. Perhaps a reminder to someone else at some point who needs some reassurance that we can indeed, through faith and the love of those supporting us, survive previously unimagined experiences.) All in this thing called Life together....we feeling so incredibly blessed to have YOU beside us in this journey. They say...once again we remind ourselves..."there are no coincidences." Be assured...no matter what....we all have each other. The Knight knows that to be a truth tonight as he goes peacefully to bed.....feeling a true measure of healing.
PEACE, JOY, LOVE to each of you.
A very grateful Knight and his Paula
1 Cor.13:13
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Dear Paula & Howard, Thank you for the Good Lord, THE KNIGHT, Paula and entire family and friends--- Howard, I'm sooooo proud of you! I love you, Conner P.s.And THANKS to the young Doctor!!!
ReplyDeleteDear Paula & Howard, 2 of my friends were travelling Wed.(Kathy & Dina) and they stopped at 3 p.m. and said prayers out loud for you--- I was so proud when they told me just now ( as I was writing this blog)--- Tom wrote such a beautiful blog!!!! ILUAMLTR CONNER
ReplyDeleteWell, as uncomparable as my writing is to Honey's, I write of a true story we had here in Hartwell just before Bumba's proceedure... I had not had any phone calls, though always waiting for news of uneventful days and restfull nights, I went outside to see the weather, and loe and behold, there was a striking Southern Blue Bird on our fence. Just perched there as if to be waiting for me to make a wish... And what I would wish for has to come true so I can't say exactly what it was, but if your on this blog you can come pretty close to what I would wish for, for my daddy and momma as they go through this adventure... So as I finished my words directed to this bluebird, he turned and showed me his beautiful red chest and in its majesty, compared to Bumba's beard, so I know that daddy heard me... He waited on the fence as if to let me know that he was working hard to prepare for the travel to Macon to comlete his task of honoring my wish. Not too soon after more bluebirds had arrived to fly wingside for his travel and then my phone rang. It was Paul to let me hear daddy's voice before they left to go; ready to party as daddy put it. So off they went to get that eradicated, and 1 down; 2 to go. We will certainly be sure to get bluebird food for the yard so as to keep these humble birds well feed so they can continue to send genuine wishes to Macon. For my Honey and Bumba; Momma and Daddy. Paul and Delise. Jay and Candi. And especially all the followers our precious Knight. We send love endlessly. From babygirl, Cheri and Family.
ReplyDeleteWe love you all so much!! Thank you for your eloquent updates - you are all in our thoughts and prayers continually. Julie, David, and Carter
ReplyDeleteHoward and Family,
ReplyDeleteWe have only known ya'll for a short period of time but feel like we have known you a life time. Everytime we meet ya'll have been so warm and caring, so I feel like you are family. When we learned of your cancer, we were devistated. like you were our dad ! All I could think about was how painful this must be for Candi and the family to find out the most dreaded news you could hear...CANCER. Then I realized what about that sweet precious man Howard...how does a person deal with that kind of news? Only a strong man of God could handle such tragic news! How is he going to handle this? Then I got on my knees and started to pray !!! I called my husband Chris and all our faith filled friends and told them to start praying. I asked the Lord many times for you and your family to have and keep your FAITH for healing. It is so hard to keep faith when you are facing this kind of trial. I myself even interceeded at our alter and stood in for you because sometimes we are to weak to do so for ourselves, thats what brothers and sisters in Christ are to do for one another. God knows how strong our faith is and if we have NO dought... He will heal us. You are seeing it happen now!! Howard will get through this and so will ya'll. We continue to pray for all of you and can't wait for Howards testimony !!! Give God all the Glory !!! We love ya'll and look forward to seeing you in Helen again real soon.
Ann & Chris Seymour
Alpine Carriage Co.
To God Be The Glory !!
Luv 2 All
Ann
Alpine Carriage Co.