The other night before bed, I was helping Eddie with his sight words from school. We were working through the list and came upon the word “good”.

 Me: Eddie how do you spell good?

 Eddie: “G-O-D”

I smiled.

Though he was incorrect in spelling the word, I felt he was spot on in a different way. Because “God IS good” and “good IS God” - it’s our new family mantra.

And I think that showed up for us a lot this past week…

It started on Tuesday:

I was rushing from work to meet Jer for his MRI f/u appointment. I was distracted, rushing, pulled off on the wrong exit, had to turn around to get back on the highway. Hit all the reds. May have cursed a bit pulling into the hospital parking lot, knowing it’s always packed. At this point, I’m 15 minutes late. I grab my ticket. Cars are parked everywhere. I start saying to myself, out loud: “please God find me a spot. Please God get me one.” I turn down a row, heading towards the door I need to enter, and there it is. One single spot. Just like it was waiting for me. I pull in, turn off my car,  look up and see the letters “GD” - 

I realize it might be a bit far fetched. And  it was missing an “o” like Eddie’s word. But to me in that moment,  it felt like  a nudge from above. I snapped a pic, ran inside. I made it to Jer’s appointment late, but in time. His doctor was running behind 😏 I showed Jer the picture, told him the story. He said GD usually stands for “goddamnit” - I said: not in this case! (See pic below)

God is good.

Appointment: Scan is stable. Oncologist is pleased. Radiation seemed to nail those suckers.

He’ll continue with chemo for two more rounds, then re-scan in July.

God is Good.

Thursday evening: Jeremy stood in front of students, faculty, parents and family members at the 2024 DeLaSalle senior high school graduation ceremony. He was chosen to be the commencement speaker.

I won’t try to put into words what that meant for him. I’ve attached the video below - we’ll let him do the talking ❤️

It was magical, it was marvelous, it was momentous. 

God is good.

-Maud