this season has been one of unique adventures. i often laugh at how different my life is than i pictured at 25. i imagined brunch, saturdays in death valley, greenville or birmingham, spontaneous road trips, cookouts, monday night supper clubs, and the like. i did not picture potty training, grocery shopping with 2 toddlers, lakeland, paw patrol, avoiding land mines in the dark, packing lunches, living at home again, or cancer.
i moved home a year ago to spend time and invest in my baby sister because we had a relationship, but not a friendship. my plan was to return to greenville in january, but a week before christmas, i received a call from a woman named marsha who was searching for help for her daughter, kristin, and two grandchildren, grant and drew. i gladly accepted the nanny job [both tom + tammy were elated]. since that call, my life has never been the same.
the details of kristins journey to date have been lengthy. just imagine anything that could go wrong, went wrong: her tumor was not benign, her cancer is usually found in kids ages 6-10, her port failed, she had an adverse response to one of the drugs, her liver burst. then tact on a trip to MD Anderson for a week, 6 rounds of week long in-patient chemo treatments, missing her sons 3rd birthday, teaching your three year-old the difference between the hospital and the doctor, and letting go of all that you know. i knew cancer was invasive, but i didn't realize everything it tries to take.
today, kristin went in for what I have been coining her "hail mary." the surgeon is going to attempt to cut all the sarcoma cancer out on her liver and in her abdomen. here is the kicker, the sarcoma cells that are in her abdomen are essentially (from what i understand) floating around and these are the dangerous cells. to fight these cancer cells, the surgeon wants to "shake and bake" them. meaning he wants to pour hot chemo in her body and "shake" her to get it everywhere to "bake" the cells. in order to do the "shake and bake" certain things need to happen: her blood pressure has to be good, the cell wall of the floating cells has to be less than 2 millimeters thick, and I'm sure many other medical things.
brothers and sisters, please keep us in your prayers today. please pray for:
- the doctors to have wisdom, eyes to see the unseen cells, steady and quick hands, strength to finish the strong
- the cell walls would ALL be less than 2 millimeters and the surgeon to get it all
- nothing unseen would pop up while in surgery
- zoran [hubby]: peace of mind, supernatural rest and strength, stress free work weeks
- marsha [kristins mom] and doug: that no fear would overcome them, overflow of rest, sound mind to make decisions, strength to care for each others needs
- grant and drew [nanny kids]: that they would have a peace about the constant changing of their lives; that they can communicate their feelings and needs; that they would become better sleepers for themselves and for us; that they would remain healthy.
grant 
drew - a speedy recover for kristin and infection free
- kristins mind. a peace that surpasses all understanding and
- jason and kerrie [bro and sis-in-law]: to feel comforted
jason - diane and rudy [zorans parents]: remain healthy and rested when helping with grant and drew
- me: continued grace to emotionally process everything, patience with grant and potty training, supernatural rest when the days are long and the nights are short, strength, overabundance of love for grant, drew, and marsha, renewing of my mind, grace to run the house smoothly, energy to keep up with grant and drew
orange smiles 
his joy is infectious 
snuggles with drewbee 
birthday hugs - kristins friends or more commonly know as the lovely ladies of lakeland: no fear would plague their minds, grace to speak the perfect words to encourage, brighten, and empower kristin
LLL - nurses caring for her while at moffitt
- a CANCER FREE scan after the surgery and recovery
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| Miles for Moffitt |
thank you from the bottom of my heart
xxoo,
B
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