Thankful

Well, this blog was supposed to be about our fun times as a family, but sometimes life throws you curves.

October started out a wonderful month, celebrating Meah's 9th birthday and Acel's 8th birthday with a trip to Chicago for just them and Mark and I. Then, mid-October my Grandpa had an accident and passed away two days later. The next day, we found out that Mark possibly had esophogeal cancer. We buried my Grandpa and waited to find out the confirmed diagnosis for Mark. On Tues. October 27, we were told that Mark had esophogeal cancer that had spread to his liver and possibly his left hip. We were completely in shock to say the least. Since this diagnosis, we have consulted two oncologists and Mark has started his third week of chemotherapy. He has also had two weeks of radiation. The oncologist told us that there is no cure, but I believe everything can be beaten. This is going to be a long, hard road, but we are going to have faith and believe that he can conquer this, so we can move on to the next stage of our life.

So, I titled this post thankful, because as hard as it is right now I have many things to be thankful for and these are the ones that I currently have to remind myself of everyday:

*our four beautiful children
*that Isabel and Meah are no longer orphans
*and for my husband's positive spirit

People continue to ask what they can do for us and right now the one thing that would mean the most to us is to pray for Mark and pray for our children!

Blessings, Melinda