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In 2007, I began my original website, Sonshine's Haven. In 2007, it was turned into a blog and used to keep family updated on my first husband's fight with liver cancer. He passed away November of 2009. We were married for 34+ wonderful years and this journals some of that grief process I've gone through.

I have since remarried another widower, but Mike is missed dearly, and will always be a big part of my life.

At times, all of us will be called to act as witnesses to the suffering of another. We will be unable to affect the outcome physically. Words will fail us. Prayer will seem futile. And yet, the act of bearing witness to someone else's trials is a sacred sorrow that offers and astounding glimpse of eternal joy." by Ginger Garrett

"Being willing to stay with a loved one throughout their travail, can be difficult....YES! But offering yourselves as faithful companions on a dark and dreadful journey can be an unmeasured blessing." (paraphrased by me)

3.25.2008

Running on Empty

It has been five days since Mike's last treatment and he is at that point where his energy level seems to drop significantly. It's been all he can do to make it into work for a few hours each day. Pain wise, he isn't doing too badly. He is taking the pain medication mostly to get a good nights rest, or to take the edge off of his aches and pains when it gets a little out of control. His headaches seem to respond well to Ibuprofen or Tylenol. With the last two treatments he has noticed a slight change in his taste buds. Food hasn't quite tasted normal for him, but it generally goes away the farther away he gets from his treatment.



"I pray that You, the God of hope, will fill Mike with all joy and peace in trusting You, that he may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13
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