What a year it has been without Art. At the end of April, 15 of us from California, Seattle, Boston and Hawaii met up in Kauai to honor Art’s final wishes to be released in the waters of Hanalei Bay, a location he always enjoyed with family. There had been…
Category: Reflections
The Last of the “Firsts”
One year ago today, Art was ushered into heaven. I can’t believe it’s already been a year. It hasn’t been easy at times, but I continue to trust and adjust. I reflect on a song called Eternity that was sung at Art’s Celebration of Life by dear friends who came…
Birthday Blessings
Today is my birthday! (I’m 29!) Although my birthday this year looks a little different than years past, I’m thankful that we’re able to spend it all together at home as a family and not at the hospital. I requested steak for my birthday dinner, and we gave Dad a…
Prayers
God is Good All the Time, Even When Life is Not
The year has not been off to a good start – Taylor was let go from her full-time job at the first of the year, and then we got Art’s cancer diagnosis. But, God was telling us, “I’m still here” even in these unfortunate situations. How are we going to…
Post Chemo Round 1 Reflection from Taylor
[Dad’s discharge has been delayed 2 to 4 days because the doctors are concerned about his high white blood cell count. Yesterday, we were insolation as a precaution for C Diff but in the evening, isolation was lifted. Praise God! Today, Dad has more energy and is slowly getting his…
Reflections
Room with a View
After spending three nights in the original wing of hospital where Art had roommates that would have the TV blaring all day and all night, he was moved to the oncology floor. It’s in one of the new towers, top floor. So now he’s in a private, spacious end room…