UPDATE: May 15, 2012 | Christina Bowling Patient
Blake Update: Packing up for Blake's final 4 night hospital stay!!! After this we'll have two weeks off, then three more chemo infusions. We are all getting excited! Pray for
1. Continued protection of his body from the effects of chemo and
2. Perfectly clear and cancer free scans. Not sure when those next scans will be scheduled yet.
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November 14, 2011 now seems a lifetime ago and a blink away all at the same time.  Some seasons of life are like that. While life flows along with the same measured moments for us all, some news makes time stand still and hearts skip beats....a phone call, a doctor's somber face, a PICU room with your grandson's name on the door, the sound of beeps and buzzes interrupting his briefest moments of sleep...a parent's whispered prayer for a 3 year old boy who is fighting harder than we can imagine...seeing the smile come back to that sweet little face...watching cars incessantly and not minding one bit...seeing tentative steps once again become running strides down a hospital hallway...to see medical teams who love your children so much that they work through the tears (his and their own) and never...never...never give up.

And then a day like today arrives when we are far closer to the end of the protocol than we are to the beginning.  We are close enough that we can almost hear the ringing of that final bell!...and finding it hard to believe the fullness of the past 6 months. Now realizing those months didn't pass in clumps, but in moments ~ one breath at a time...and more often than not strings of moments when we couldn't catch our breath at all.

To see the complete embracing of our "children" now doing heroic measures beyond what they ever thought possible ... as they spend nights on end in a Children's Hospital...and encourage the "little boy" playfulness to shine, and giggle and really live in each moment...doing whatever it takes to make sure that in every moment faith, grace, hope and love shine from their words, their gentleness and never fail to see the miracle that rose from the ashes of the news of November 14.

So while today is the eve of another challenging chapter in the story...it's also a realization of a fearless, relentless love of a family that believes for the best and sees the streams of light...even in the darkest moments.

I am so proud of the super heroes in my life: Steven, Christina...and BLAKE ...unceasing prayers, unfailing love...tons and bunches ~ and always...