April 14, 2006
April 14, 2006
Hello everyone, Thank you for your emails and kind words regarding my father and the update of this blog. I am not sure where to begin. We all know Dad has been battling this thing for a long time and things just happen. It is NOT GOD or HP who does this it is just something that happens. To be angry with Him is wrong since He is not a God of pain and hurt but of love and compassion. Last night I spoke with my mother and she told me that Dad was getting sick to his stomach when he ate (via the feeding tube) again. So, they took him down to get some X-rays to see what was going on. Well, rememeber those lesions that were on his liver and then went away? Well, the cancer has gone to his liver. It metastasized from his lung to there and he does not look good. Mom called us to come home to see Dad. His prognosis is poor due to this recent event and they have given him 2 to 4 weeks (at this time) left to bless our lives. It pains me ever so much to write this article. He has touched all of our lives and loved us all so unconditionally that the thought of this man not being there is very painful. But, I do know the Lord is good and loving. HE is one who will guide us all through these times of sadness with HIS unconditional love. Dad woudl want all of us to continue with life and doing what we do in them. They both would. I will be returning home this week with my son for four days and then my sister will go for a few days . He can only handle commotion for four days and we do not want to wear him out. I know you are shocked and that you may think can't the doctors do something but unfortunately, my understandig is that there is nothing to do for this now but let the Lord do HIS WILL and NOT MINE! (I capatalize for emphasis) My father has given all he has to not letting this get to him and keeping a positive attitude but now is the time for us to do this same thing. If is possible he could bounce back from this but ....well only our Heavenly Father knows what is next and He will do what He feels is best for Dad. He is still in the hospital and should be home on Monday. Hospice is coming in to help care for him. He is on oxyen permentately due to the damage to his lung from the radiation and he has everything he needs to care for him. His oncologist, Dr. McQUen has been awesome. He has been very good to Dad and Mom and given it everything he has to help Dad. Mom is holding up but you can imagine what this can do to soem one who is taking care of the love of her life. There are no words now to express how much we all love this man. In one way or another he has saved all our lives and been a beacon of hope and love to us all. This is the day tha t the Lord has made I will rejoice and be glad.....why? Because we have been so blessed with a man that no one can ever replace and who has helped us all in one fashion or another by not just words but his living example of how to live llife with hope, grace and diginity. I am checking my emails daily so please send them to my box and I will print them all when I get to Mom and Dads' house this week for Mom as well as the ones on her email account. We are so grateful for all your loving support. Remeber he can jump back from this and be with us a lot longer and that only the Lord knows so keep those positive "vibes" coming and all those loving prayers. I can feel them and so can my Mom and Dad.
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Connie, My prayers go out to not only your Dad whowas a mentor, sponsor and friend to me, but to the whole family as you pray in preparation for God's great love and works. I pray also for my sister who is where Rick was 8 months ago. So as always Rick and Sharon are giving me gifts of how to be thankful for the full life God has given to us all and the people we love so dearly. I am attaching a poem by Dylan Thomas that I pass on to Rick:
DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas Page
Tell Rick, I will contiue to be there for Lou and help carry the message that both Rick and Sharon gave to so many people by talking the language of the heart. My hand is reaching out if there is anyting I can do. Tell your parents I 'll have Father Marc say a blessing for them and you too!
In the spirit of the Fellowship and the grace of God.
Chris
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