As my life has filled with ever more activity (of various degrees of value), my blogging
has ground to a near halt. Looking back, I see that my last post was a year ago today – wow! Well, I cannot let August 29 pass without
looking back over the last nine years, particularly this last one. August 29, 2009, was the day we almost lost our
son and it became a defining moment in my life. When you have had a child with cancer
(leukemia in particular), it redefines everything. Spending years on end dealing with the
horrifying reality of the cancer itself, as well as the ongoing damage from
treatment, can easily consume you. It
impacts everything: child, job, siblings, marriage, time, finances, spiritual
life, sanity and even the dog.
