Hi there- Nick has his own blog at: nicholasoc.wordpress.com
but I thought I would address this challenge in our life in my own blog.
I'm not one to random post events- I'm terrible with facebook. Really who cares that I am going to the grocery store and then washing my car....?
I live a mom's life- work, making lunches, trying (without success) to help Lucas with his homework, and the daily cycle of keeping us all moving:
Wash, lather, repeat

But now we have this new challenge and it's added a new dimension to life at the O'Conell's.

I want to say first thing- God is Good! I am so grateful for my faith and the faith of my friends who keep us in their prayers. I feel the strength of that support and I am so blessed by people with compassionate hearts who reach out to us daily with affirmations of their faith and love.

Some of us have had a time where we blamed God for allowing this to happen. My own doctor warned me about relating this to Job's story. However, being one who loves nature and the beauty that God surrounds us with, I recognise the biological facts of life, the circle of life and the enivitability of human fraility.
God gets us through the passages of humaness that are unavoidable.

He gives us power to endure and and peace in knowing we are not now or ever alone.

I will write more later about my experience and reflections on the first chemo treatment.

God bless you for caring enough to read this and for loving us-

XOXO,
Kimberley