Conversations with Ethan 3

I couldn't make this stuff up...

Ethan:"We each get 10!" (crackers, last night)

Me:" You each get some."

Ethan:"Yeah or else a DORK would come by and say 'Fancy Nancy! Fancy Nancy!"

I remember long, long ago not being able to wait for Friday night. It was the highlight of the entire week. I would get dressed up and go out with my friends and enjoy the freedom and excitement of youth. We would drive around for hours doing exactly nothing, just listening to music and talking. It was great.

But I have to admit, this is great too. We are watching Peter Pan tonight.

I hope you are having a great Friday night as well, whatever you are doing.

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Here is an update on Jude, from Thursday:

Thursday, January 21, 2010 5:37 PM, CST
HEAVENLY FATHER HAS BEGUN TO ANSWER OUR PRAYERS!!!!!So we weren't supposed to find out any of the results from yesterday's CT scan or today's MRI but Dr. Lewing's nurse practioner, Jill, called me this evening because she just "had to" and here is why:The CT scan, which was checking for the cancer they found in his lungs, stomach, kidney, and pancreas, came back CANCER FREE except one small nodule in his lung!!!!!!!! AND...the MRI was to check the progress of the tumor in his head - they typically hope to see at least a 20% reduction. They saw a 75% REDUCTION!!!! Yes folks, you read it correct 7 - 5, as in seventy-five percent!!! And this is only with the first treatment that was a "whiff"!!!!We are stunned - but for a good way this time!!! Plainly put, Clint and I feel that this is nothing shy of a miracle! Thank you God!!!! As far as if this changes anything, we don't know. We will meet with Dr. Lewing in the morning and I will journal as soon as I can. We love you all and are very very grateful for all of your support, love, and prayers. But remember, we've won this battle, but the war is not over yet!Love,Sarah

Conversations With Ethan 2

Ethan: "Why do we have toys?"

Me:" So you can have something to play with. Did you know some kids don't have any toys?"

Ethan:"Oh wow. Because their parents are bad and won't let them have any. We need to get some toys for them so they can have some. We need to put some under the Christmas tree for them."

Me:"Sometimes they just don't have any money for toys. Some people don't even have houses."

Ethan:"Yeah the people need to get them a house! So they're not just, you know, staring up at the clouds or at the wall."

There's No Man Like A Snowman

We made a snowman this weekend.

"We" being the kids, Liz and Kevin, and the uncles. Being not me because, after all, there was snow on the ground. Yours truly spent most of the weekend wrapped in a blanket eating doughnuts and wishing June would happen already.

Work a little.

Play a little.

"Wow. That was hard work getting one big snowball rolled up. Let's take another break."

I wonder how anything gets done at work...

Meanwhile, back at the farm...

"Here boys, let me show you how it's done!"

Haha Matthew. You are lucky-LUCKY that there was this window between you and me. And the fact that I didn't feel like unwrapping the blanket and getting out of my slippers and putting down my magazine and coming out there. 'Cause you would have been in some serious trouble, punk.

"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging." Psalm 46:1-3

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It's been a rough week. I'm glad for a break to crawl in my little bubble and not think about anything other than doughnuts, church, and sleeping in. I hope everyone can do the same and rest up and recharge their batteries.

May God bless each and everyone of you with peace, hope in Him and his eternal gift of salvation. There is nothing on earth more important than knowing Christ, and after the emotionally overwhelming week it's been, I pray you all find rest in our Glorious Savior, and have a wonderful weekend.