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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)

9.07.2008

Familiar Faces and Supportive Friends





One of the few blessings we've had being in Texas these past few weeks, is having dear friends go out of their way to meet up with us, whom we haven't seen in a long while. Jeff Zimmerman use to work with Mike in Russellville, and now, he and his wife, Lisa, live and work in Houston. They met with us the first weekend we were here, took us sightseeing (okay...we got lost, but discovered some pretty neat places in downtown Houston) and to dinner. We really enjoyed our time with them.

We then met with some new friends of ours, who are close friends of my sister and her husband, who also live here in Houston, but who have been lovingly watching over us. Howard and Toni have been such a blessing! They have been helpful getting us to and from the airport, treated us to dinner, and have done anything and everything they can to help.

Today, friends of ours from Plano, TX (above), where Mike and I use to live before we moved to AR, drove down for a visit, and took us to lunch. They were such a sight for sore eyes! Hannah is now a Junior in High School. When we lived in Plano, Hannah was an infant, and our family cared for her part-time. Our families quickly became family, more than friends. What a lovely woman Hannah has grown into being! Mike and I were truly blessed seeing Pam and Hannah today, and appreciated them driving so far out of their way to be with us.

Meeting up with familiar faces, and supportive friends, have helped make this trip less lonely. Laughter has taken our minds off of the seriousness of our situation, and memories have comforted us.

As you can imagine, tomorrow is a big day for us. It has been a challenge for Mike and I this weekend, keeping our emotions in check. Desperation and fear, have had us ready to charge ahead, and retreat, all at the same time. The unknown can be so overwhelming. The only way we have been able to keep pressing on, is reminding ourselves that God is Lord over everything in our lives, and He is in control. Yielding to His will, and His timing, releases us from the struggle that some times wants to rise up and overtake us.

We did one more run by of the hospital where we need to be tomorrow. This time we located the right building, and right parking area, so we should show up in the right place tomorrow morning. :)

Please keep us in your prayers tomorrow.

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7
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