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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)

3.07.2008

More of the Same

Mike is doing better but is dealing with more joint/muscle pain and headaches than ever before. He is also having quite a bit of numbness in his hands, fingers, and feet. His feet cramp up trying to go into charley horses. This is probably due to the Taxol (one of the chemo drugs he is taking), but it might also be from the Neulasta. It's just hard to really know. Whatever the cause, it is requiring Mike to take mild pain medication (Hydrocodone) since this last treatment.

It's hard for me not to notice the pain he is in, and I usually react without meaning to, with a concern look on my face. Mike is getting a little tired of seeing that reaction on my face. So, I guess I need prayer with my responses. It's just hard to watch someone you love, hurt.


"God of Hope, fill me with all joy and peace as I trust in You, so that I may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." (Romans 15:13)
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