WOW God! My Son's Battle with Stage 4 Cancer (Video Blog)

Have you ever had a WOW God moment?  

Let me bring you up to speed...........................

My son, Jared was living in Murfreesboro TN and he texted me at 4am and ask if I was up.  Now, I know my son and he would not be up at any 4am, unless their was a problem.  


So like any mom would do when I got his text upon awakening, my heart sank and wonderend what was wrong?  I immediately called him but it kept going to voice mail.  Now, I was trying not to panic since I could not get a response for over an hour.

me and Jared playing around with our recorders 

Long story short, we talked, he said he had been having trouble breathing when he sent the text, then told me of his itching symptoms he had been having for weeks and now he tells me, "I have a lump in my neck."  



At this point, I said, "young man get up and get yourself to the doctor." 




So after his appointment and many test later later in October of 2012, our 25 year old son, Jared Paul was given the news by the doctors that he had Stage 4 Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Jared made this picture with this caption keeping things humorous. To know Jared he is fun loving and always making people laugh.

Hodgkin's lymphoma is a cancer of lymph tissue found in the lymph nodes, spleen, liver, bone marrow, and other sites. 


I certainly was not prepared for what I had just heard.........



I actually felt numb and in shock.



When Jared told me this news, I had to reach deep within my spirit for the breath of life......... for life giving words 



..................................I told him "Son this is only news, This is not the TRUTH."   



was I heartbroken of course, did I cry of course, I am a mom who loves her son and would trade places with him if I could.  But I knew where to run, I knew where my hope and help comes from.

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You see, most people think of NEWS and TRUTH as one in the same.  The doctors gave my son a diagnosis based on  test results and medical facts.  But as followers of Jesus we walk by TRUTH which is God's word.  Jesus teaches us to walk out our lives by Faith not by sight.

Faith goes beyond the limits of News!  ...........

Man has so many limitations but Our God is a limitless God !!!!

Matthew 19:26  Jesus said “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

POSSIBLE, think about that, POSSIBLE....  Possibility gives HOPE

pos·si·ble 

 

/ˈpäsəbəl/

Adjective Able to be done; within the power or capacity of someone or something.

.........................Impossible leads to Hopelessness......................

im·pos·si·ble  

/imˈpäsəbəl/

Adjective

Not able to occur, exist, or be done: "an impossible task"; "impossible to keep up". Very difficult to deal with: "an impossible situation".

God is our POSSIBLE in Impossible situations

Remember, FAITH is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1

So we did what we had been taught............

We had to put our Faith into ACTION.......not an easy feet when you have the C word hanging over your head.  

However we took hold of our faith in God and reached out to many that have faith to stand with us and believe for Jared's healing.

Here is a video blog our son, Jared made right after he was given the NEWS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5pJ1Mg7MpA

More to come on this WOW God moment  

to be continued.........



            

                                     





Until next time,

The Land of Bubbles

One afternoon in the land of bubbles their was a beautiful little girl named......... Kinley Ava.

what is it about bubbles that are so whimsy and magical?

...................that make children swoon for endless summer days of bubble fun!!

...............Kinley, loves, loves playing with her bubbles.

.....................Her Nonna' (that's me :) loves to watch her have fun in bubble land.


So I grabbed Kinley and her bottle of pink bubbles and


.......POOF........ off to bubble land we went.

Can you see her excitement?



I love memories of bubble land.....



I wanted to have and share those special moments for a lifetime..........


.........so I decided to take pictures of all her cute bubbly expressions....

Expressions that only come from the joy a child experiences when blowing bubbles in



......this fairy tale land

It's magical seeing the colors of the rainbow in each bubble as the wind catches them


and carries them into the sunlight





 ................................ getting lucky enough to let the bubble rest on your nose

She would laugh and play and go for another dip in the pink bubble jar.



watching for the magical bubbles to appear all from her breath...........



.................do it again she would say!!!!!

As Kinley romped through the yard playing with her bubbles.........



................................ I would try ever so quickly to catch her blowing them and chasing them with my new Canon T3I .

...............As she blew and blew she would stop look at me and say FUN!! 

She would spin a few circles and say FUN!...............

...............................She would dance in the sunlight going round and round blowing and chasing


making fun bubble memories.

then stop to reach into the bubble jar for another chance at making that big bubble......

Really!  you would have thought we were at Disney World  having a day of fun with all the excitement

she displayed over her $1.00 bottle of pink bubbles.

Here is a video I made of my sunshine ......

This is of another day of fun we had in bubble land

............... but this time with the bubble blower

After the bubble making fun.......


........Kinley and I strolled through the wooded yard

to pick beautiful wildflowers for mommy and the dinner table.


a perfect ending to a perfect day in the land of BUBBLES.

Tell me your bubble stories?




Until next time,


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