I’m sorry it’s been so long since I’ve updated. It’s hard to find the words of our constant battle. We have days we are so angry and then we have days that we have peace knowing that Lily is happy, running and playing. Often I’m asked how we do it or how do we get through it. I tell everyone that you have to have faith and believe what we learn is true. You have to have faith that Lily is happy and that it is us here on earth that are suffering and missing her. That one day in heaven is many days for us. We know that one day, we will be together again.
Days like today (or yesterday) are the days we get so angry. We learned that our friend, Paige Lindner, relapsed again for the 2nd time with ALL. She was originally diagnosed at the age of 3, underwent 2.5 yrs of treatment, was off treatment for almost 1 year, relapsed again right before Lily was diagnosed and just completed another 2.5 yrs of treatment in July of 2008. She once again has relapsed. They are undergoing many tests today to figure out if it’s ALL or what she has. Please pray for Paige, Mindy, Jake and Neenah. Not only are they scared out of their minds, Paige understands this time around. She is scared. She has witnessed so much through all her treatment. It’s just not fair for an 8 year old to already have had to endure 5 years of treatment and then have to ask her to endure more. Please pray for this family. Please pray for their strength as they prepare for yet another battle.
I read this story on another site I’ve been following for quite awhile.
The Mother and the mountain
There were two warring tribes in the Andes, one that lived in the lowlands and the other high in the mountains. The mountain people invaded the lowlanders one day, and as part of their plundering of the people, they kidnapped a baby of one of the lowlander families and took the infant with them back up into the mountains.
The lowlanders didn't know how to climb the mountain. They didn't know any of the trails that the mountain people used, and they didn't know where to find the mountain people or how to track them in the steep terrain.
Even so, they sent out their best party of fighting men to climb the mountain and bring the baby home.
The men tried first one method of climbing and then another. They tried one trail and then another. After several days of effort, however, they had climbed only several hundred feet.
Feeling hopeless and helpless, the lowlander men decided that the cause was lost, and they prepared to return to their village below.
As they were packing their gear for the descent, they saw the baby's mother walking toward them. They realized that she was coming down the mountain that they hadn't figured out how to climb.
And then they saw that she had the baby strapped to her back. How could that be?
One man greeted her and said, "We couldn't climb this mountain. How did you do this when we, the strongest and most able men in the village, couldn't do it?"
She shrugged her shoulders and said, "It wasn't your baby."
Keep up the fight Lindners! You have many people praying and waiting to help in anyway we can.
(www.caringbridge.org/visit/paigelindner)
