Cancer SUCKS!

It's been quite a crazy past few weeks...

One of my very best friends, Laura, lost her sweet mom Susan to cancer last Wednesday.  They had just found out she had cancer the day before Christmas Eve and then recently had found out it was terminal.  Susan was the most amazing person with such an amazing heart for the Lord. She was so giving and caring and always doing things for others.  She was a high school counselor and she changed the lives of so very many students in such a positive way.  She continues to inspire me to be a better wife, mother, and friend! I continue to be in awe of the way she was always thinking of others.  She will definitely be missed tremendously!!!! 

Read some of the stories about how she's impacted the lifes of so many on this CaringBrdige site,

And read a neat piece that the Tulsa World did on Susan.

Please pray for my friend Laura and her sweet husband, Jonathan, her sister Sarah, and their dad Ed.  I know they could use your prayers over the weeks, months, and years to come.

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We also found out a few weeks ago that Drew's dad, Mike, has cancer.  He has cancer in his esophagus.  He spent the past week and a half down at MD Anderson in Houston and started chemo there this past Friday.  He'll be traveling back and forth between here and Houston ever 2 weeks for chemotherapy for 5 rounds.  Next he'll spend 6 weeks straight in Houston doing chemo and radiation 5 days a week.  Then after a quick recovery time back home he'll go back to Houston for surgery to remove part of his esophagus.  He's got a long road ahead of him... but he's supported by so many people praying for him and he's determined to beat this!  Please continue to pray for him.

Here's a picture of him during his first round of chemo... he's such a trooper!