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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)

8.12.2009

We have had several good days in a row! Praise the Lord! Mike is eating better, and is not becoming sick to his stomach after eating. God IS answering prayer!! Mike's weight is at 130 pounds. Still very light, but he has made a pinch of improvement.

His strength hasn't returned yet, but I feel he may be getting closer to being able to do a little more. He has drummed a couple of times when he's had a little extra energy. We've discussed his returning possibly to physical therapy, although he may need to be driven the first couple of times. He hasn't driven himself, in a long while. He still gets pretty dizzy when he stands up fast, and he still has lapses of time when he's dazed, and doesn't remember things which have just occurred.

But so far, this course of treatment has been kinder to him. He is off this week, but will receive another dose next Tuesday. We will also meet with the oncologist to make sure all the other lab levels are good.

Our prayer requests are to fatten Mike up.....for him to continue to do well on this course of chemotherapy....that he will become stronger, and might be able to begin walking, or doing physical therapy....or get back into his workshop building again.

We are so grateful for every ones love and prayers. We have also been tremendously blessed by the meals some of you have provided for us, a couple of days these past few weeks. That has given me the flexibility to come home from work, eat quickly, and get some chores down before the sun goes down. Thank you so much for being a blessing to us.

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