A hard few weeks!

These last few weeks have been the hardest weeks for Mike and I that I can remember... hence the lack of blogging! Life happens and there is nothing we can do to stop it!
As you know mikes Mom had a stroke a few weeks ago.... after all that and the hope that she would make a full recovery it was discovered that Mom has a very aggressive brain tumor that is cancerous!
She had 90% of the tumor removed 10 days ago and now we head into 6 full weeks of in hospital chemo and radiation!
Our hearts are broken, our minds are boggled and our body's are tired BUT we have the peace that only God can give at this point! We don't know what tomorrow will bring BUT we do know mom is in the best care possible, we have been given the precious gift of time even though we don't know how much time that is we are able to spend this time with mom and say all the things we want to and need to say.... our prayer is that Mom is with us for years to come, she has to see our baby grow up into a precious child and have the input into his or her life only a granny can give BUT we are also aware of the reality of this situation! God is good and the peace that he has given to us is something we cannot explain!!
Life has been hard these last couple of weeks and it will only get harder as we see mom suffer the effect of chemo and radiation... we cling to the hope that she will recover fully, we cling to the joy our unborn baby is bringing us and the hope that it brings to mom, we cling to each other and grow in our marriage as we learn to lean on one another, we cling to friends who lend their precious support and we cling to the Lord of all who has given us his peace and love!!
What tomorrow brings we have NO idea but we do know we have today and we will make the most of it!! Thank you Lord for your wisdom and love, thank you Lord for mom and the love she has brought into our lives, thank you Lord for the doctors and hospital staff you have supplied for moms care, thank you Lord for this life growing inside of us giving us joy and thank you Lord for this husband of mine that I have never loved more!!

Our weekend has been busy and we felt this morning, seeing as it is a holiday today, that we needed some alone time at home to re-coop and just be. Our precious friends popped in on Saturday night and dropped off a care package with us containing magazines, socks (they know me too well) chocolate, biscuits, choc milkshake (that lasted a whole day), dried fruit and muffin mix....

This is the best way we thought to spend this holiday morning!