It's been a great week! I wrapped up teaching in Cumberland County, packed up my life at home and have moved back to Raleigh. I'm getting to spend some great time with Sarah while Joey is still gone, which is great!!! I love my Sar!! I am most of the way through cleaning, organizing, rearranging and unpacking my bedroom. I feel like a new person! I am so incredibly excited about everything going on in my life right now (except one thing, but I'll get to that in a minute). Joey will be home in three days, and then we'll be living in the same city again!! It's just good all around for me right now.
So, there is one piece of bad news right now. We found out this past weekend that my Aunt Doris (my mom's sister) has cancer. It is in both of her lungs and is also pressing against her trachea. They are sending her to an oncologist (cancer doc) in Anchorage, Alaska (she lives in Fairbanks, AK) to see what kind of treatment can be pursued. But her doctor has told her to go home and make sure all of her affairs are in order. They are guessing that she is at Stage 2, out of 4. I'm not exactly sure what that means, other than it has spread to her lymph nodes but not any other organs. Aunt Doris and her husband, Bob, have two children and a whole bunch of grandkids (their son has three, their daughter has 2 biological and 3 or 4 foster kids). The kids seem to be handling it ok, and I don't know about the grandkids. But my uncle is not handling it so well. They have done practically everything together for the last 30 years, and now he is having to think about life without her. They just bought an RV and were planning to move back home (NC) in a few years. My mom is handling it okay. Not great, but okay. Some hours are better than others. She talked to Aunt Doris the other day and that seemed to help a lot. But another of my aunts, Kathy, is not doing very well with it. She and Aunt Doris are about 15 months apart and are best friends. She is really struggling with the news.
Also, I don't know about Aunt Doris's spiritual life. But I would guess that it's not in very good shape. I honestly do not know if she has any kind of relationship with the Lord. Please be in prayer for her. I'm still torn over how to pray for her, but right now I am praying for God's will to be done and for Aunt Doris's salvation, along with the salvations of her family members. I'm also praying for the rest of my family as they deal with this news. I know I have not processed it completely yet, and I don't know that everyone else has either. So just pray for all of us as we deal with this.
Now that I have ruined everyone's good mood, let's share some good news! 193 days until our wedding day! And Mom is going to order the Save-the-Date magnets tomorrow! So exciting!!!! I am so incredibly blessed!!!
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