My friend, Dee is an absolute doll! She is the office manager at my real estate office and she will literally bend over backwards to help anyone get anything accomplished. She is a 5 ft., 100 lb. ball of fire!
Dee and her husband, Tom, received news that Tom has Type A, Non-hodgkins Lymphoma. A cancer of the blood cells that has inhabited the bones also. Fortunately, it is only in the bone and has not traveled to the body tissues.
It has been a difficult wait for the diagnosis. They have both been in a state of shock. You see, Tom is 59, very active. He raises bucking bulls for the PBR and is also a train conductor. He is a busy man and has provided well for his family. This news just set him back on his haunches.
The doctors have determined that 8 weeks of chemo should slow this train down and should give Tom ten more years.
When Dee told me ten more years, we both went, "What? Only ten more years?" Tom said, "Ten more years!!" He had already begun preparing for them to tell him two more years, or less.
Psalm 100:1-5 -
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the Lord is good and his love endures forever,
his faithfullness continues though all generations.
So, this Thanksgiving, I am thankful for TEN MORE YEARS!
Have a wonderful week. Please keep the Bertrands in your prayers. God is good and His love does endure forever.
Blessing~
P.
