The wife of my best friend (Mike) since high school, that we don't see too much, due to living in different towns and busy with family stuff was diagnosed with breast cancer about 2 years ago. She's been through all the treatments, etc. When they found it it was at a pretty high stage level (I don't know all the terminology, but stage 4? comes to mind). From talking with other friends and people that live closer, they all say she's kept an unbelievable attitude and stayed positive through this incredibly trying time. I met with some friends about 2 months ago, and I saw Mike. I asked about his wife (Tina), and he said her spirits are high. I also heard him talking to someone else, and he mentioned that the cancer has spread to other areas and that there's not much to do, short of a miracle, that will make her better....I hated to overhear that. Anyway, I check Facebook, and there's a message yesterday from another friend telling me that Mike wanted him to get in touch with me to update me on her situation. In a nutshell, the message was this..."She is very ill and is losing her fight with breast cancer. She is at Hospice and is on oxygen, not eating or drinking and sedated." This news SUCKS!

Please keep my friend and his family in your prayers. They've been married for about 20 years, pretty much right out of college. They have 3 boys...I forget their ages, but about 6, 8, and 13ish. I want to close the door in my office, but I have a window by the door...so that won't help.

Prayers sent.

Prayers sent from our family to theirs.

Prayers sent..... very sad to hear this..

Will do. Bad enough that a friend is hurting, but when there are young kids.....ouch. That sucks - what a lousy way to get back in touch.

God Bless!

Prayers asked for the family.

It breaks me down a little every time I hear a story like this because I know I would be devastated if my wife had to go through that.

Prayers sent!

I hear this song a lot on the radio...now I can't get it out of my head.

Band: Revive

Song: Blink

Teach me to number my days

And count every moment

Before it slips away

Take in all the colors

Before they fade to grey

I don't want to miss

Even just a second

More of this

It happens in a blink, it happens in a flash

It happens in the time it took to look back

I try to hold on tight, but there's no stopping time

What is it I've done with my life?

It happens in a blink

It happens in a blink

When it's all said and done

No one remembers

How far we have run

The only thing that matters

Is how we have loved

I don't want to miss

Even just a second

More of this

It happens in a blink, it happens in a flash

It happens in the time it took to look back

I try to hold on tight, but there's no stopping time

What is it I've done with my life?

It happens in a blink

It happens in a blink

It happens in a blink

It happens in a blink

Slow down

Slow down

Before today becomes

Our yesterday

Slow down

Slow down

Before today becomes

Our yesterday

It happens in a blink, it happens in a flash

It happens in the time it took to look back

I try to hold on tight, but there's no stopping time

What is it I've done with my life?

It happens in a blink, it happens in a flash

It happens in the time it took to look back

I try to hold on tight, but there's no stopping time

What is it I've done with my life?

It happens in a blink

It happens in a blink

It happens in a blink

It happens in a blink

Youtube video (I can't view it from work)

I addressed this to my wife and son a while back. It's posted on our bulletin board at home as a reminder:

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Tomorrow Never Comes

written by Norma Cornett Marek in 1989

Printed with permission.

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If I knew it would be the last time

that I'd see you fall asleep,

I would tuck you in more tightly

and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.

If I knew it would be the last time

that I see you walk out the door,

I would give you a hug and kiss

and call you back for one more.

If I knew it would be the last time

I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,

I would videotape each action and word,

so I could play them back day after day.

If I knew it would be the last time,

I would spare an extra minute or two

to stop and say "I love you,"

instead of assuming you would know I do.

If I knew it would be the last time

I would be there to share your day,

Well I'm sure you'll have so many more,

so I can let just this one slip away.

For surely there's always tomorrow

to make up for an oversight,

and we always get a second chance

to make everything right.

There will always be another day

to say "I love you,"

and certainly there's another chance

to say our "Anything I can do's?"

But just in case I might be wrong,

and today is all I get,

I'd like to say how much I love you

and I hope we never forget,

tomorrow is not promised to anyone,

young or old alike.

And today may be the last chance you get

to hold your loved one tight.

So if you're waiting for tomorrow,

why not do it today?

For if tomorrow never comes,

you'll surely regret the day

that you didn't take that extra time

for a smile, a hug, or a kiss,

and you were too busy to grant someone,

what turned out to be their one last wish.

So hold your loved ones close today,

whisper in their ear,

tell them how much you love them

and that you'll always hold them dear.

Take time to say "I'm sorry,"

"please forgive me," "thank you," or "it's okay."

And if tomorrow never comes,

you'll have no regrets about today.

prayers sent.

Thanks, Shoe. That's good.

Prayers sent.

Sad.

Prayers sent.

Thoughts and Prayers.

Prayers and thoughts from my entire family.

You, your friends and their family are all in my thoughts and prayers.

A.

Prayers Sent.

Done.

I just got off the phone with a friend, and he told me that Tina passed away this morning around 6:30. She is in a better place, cancer free, experiencing a kind of peace that we can only hope to experience while in these jars of clay we call a body. She's feeling that peace and glorious presence, face to face, with the One who created her...what a WONDERFUL experience! Your thoughts and prayers are appreciated, and do not go unheard OR unanswered...God hears every one of them to accomplish His will...even if we don't understand it at the present time.

Isaiah 55

8 “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.

“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.

9 For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,

so my ways are higher than your ways

and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.

10 “The rain and snow come down from the heavens

and stay on the ground to water the earth.

They cause the grain to grow,

producing seed for the farmer

and bread for the hungry.

11 It is the same with my word.

I send it out, and it always produces fruit.

It will accomplish all I want it to,

and it will prosper everywhere I send it.

12 You will live in joy and peace.

The mountains and hills will burst into song,

and the trees of the field will clap their hands!

13 Where once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow.

Where nettles grew, myrtles will sprout up.

These events will bring great honor to the Lord’s name;

they will be an everlasting sign of his power and love.”