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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)

5.16.2009

It's difficult to say if Mike is feeling any better today. The fever is definitely gone for now, but the weakness, constant sleepiness, and pain haven't left. It hurts me to watch Mike deal with all of this. He has been trying so hard today to stay awake, eat, and try to be normal. The chemotherapy is just beating him up really bad right now. His lips are chapped and blistered, the inside of his nose is raw, his finger tips are sore and his appetite has dropped. I'm trying to at least get Ensure shakes into him when he misses a meal. His side still seems to be hurting him quite a bit from the tube exchange, but we're trusting it is doing it's job.

Mike will only have labs on Tuesday and then will be off all chemo for a week. I pray he recovers quickly and I'm so thankful he can take a small break. Please keep him your prayers.

"Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." 1 Corinthians 13:7
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