Greetings friends from the snotty, sniffling, sneezing, hoarse McClendon house. Thankfully, we are all just battling pesky season changing symptoms, nothing serious!
Tomorrow, Tim and I are headed back to Memphis. We have quite a bit of medical equipment we are going to take back and donate so other families will have what they need in serious situations. We were so thankful another family had done that. It’s how we were able to get a wheelchair to bring Kayleigh home in. The physical therapist was able to rummage through their storage closet and find what we needed. Otherwise, a special order wheelchair would have taken about 6 weeks. Since we only had 3 weeks with Kayleigh after leaving the hospital you can see where it was very helpful to have some things in hand. So, we are going to take everything we can, and then spend a little time visiting our St. Jude friends.
One person we won’t be seeing is our sweet friend Anna. That’s because Anna got to go home today!!! What a beautiful blessing for that little fighter. She get’s to be home for Christmas. I know she is going to bounce back so much faster with her family around her. Please keep her in your prayers, for her numbers to stay up and that she will get stronger each day. All of her latest scans were clear and cancer free and we are praying it stays that way.
As our days are settling down a little I am reminded that I cannot let my guard down. I need to be walking just as closely with God on the easy days as I have been on the hard days. All it takes is a small chink in my amour for the devil to wiggle his way in and plant seeds of doubt m, fear, and grief. I certainly don’t want or need that. Holding tight to my faith and the scriptures are what make each day bearable. How thankful I am that I am never alone.
Philippians 2:16
16 Hold firmly to the word of life; then, on the day of Christ’s return, I will be proud that I did not run the race in vain and that my work was not useless.
Hebrews 10:35-36
35 So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! 36 Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.
Until tomorrow,
‘Carrow💜
