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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)

5.04.2009

Mike had fun today playing with Ethan, and is looking forward to playing with Drew tomorrow afternoon, following treatment. We have picked up the oral chemotherapy and Mike's ready to begin that tomorrow morning. He'll take three pills every 12 hours for two weeks. Our first stop in the morning, will be to get blood work done, to check counts. If everything looks good, we will be sent on to treatment.

The steroids given before each treatment can be harder than the treatments themselves. For Mike, it winds him up tighter than a clock and it generally causes the next 24 hours to be rough... on us both! So, please pray that we weather that well. Also, Mike has "little issues" with his vital organs, so I would particularly appreciate your prayers for extra protection over these areas....his heart, his lungs, etc., as he begins these two new cycles of chemotherapy.

Mike is ready to fight and do battle!

"The Lord is my Rock and my Fortress and my Deliverer; my God, my Strength, in whom I trust." Psalm 18:2
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