The prognosis is not good — 6-9 months. I’ve already cried a river, and no doubt there are oceans more to come. Here is our brave girl on her way to her first chemo treatment. Part of me is scared that she feels her purpose in our lives is over. Many broken places in me are...
Hannah, my youngest, my late-in-life child, born after I had cancer and chemo, after we stepped out to adopt unsuccessfully twice, after many miscarriages, after I surrendered to God saying, “If I’m not going to have any more children, I’m okay with that, God,” that child–has...
Her treatment included original surgery, renewed surgery (something was botched up the first time) followed by rounds of chemo, then “a new experimental” chemo and finally hospice, and of course her oncologist's initial stentorian pronouncement: "I GIVE YOU TWO YEARS."Contrast this with Allan...
As fear of the virus spreads, so can the Gospel. Handley recalls the words of a senior ministry leader in China, saying, “Please pray for China. This is a humbling time for us, and a time for real spiritual reflection. He said, Actually, this might be spiritually good for us to be...