Although this blog is about books and knitting, sometimes the biggest things are so big that they are not to be shared lightly in such a venue as this, so I don't write of them often. However, I am finding the lovely prayers and encouragements from both friends and family to be such a help, that I believe this is the time:
As some of you may know, my father is near the end of his life. He had a brain tumor 25 years ago, and although he survived the surgery, he was very different after the tumor was removed. It has been many good years since we were all given this second time around with him. He has deteriorated mightily from the after-affects of his tumor, and it has taken a long, long time to get to this point. Fifteen years, really, of significant impairment.
He's been bid-ridden for a year. Hebrews 11:1 says, "Faith is being sure of what we hope for, certain of what we do not see." This is what we all cling to, in certain hopefulness. In the meantime, his suffering is painful. Thank you for your prayers.
Some pictures have been waiting to be seen, so here they are:
This is some gorgeous brown Koigu, to be socks soon.
My baby girl turned 6 yesterday. This is 6 roses her father gave her. Beautiful.
Cartwheels over a happy baby. Young life.
Life does begin and it does end. Let us be joyful in it.
3 comments:
Thank you for sharing... Your pictures and your heart. And for giving us an opportunity to come along side you in prayer.
We are thinking of you and your family, Julie. I'm thankful for that glimpse of your life. Your father is blessed and I'll be hopeful that this, the end time of his life, is comfortable and peaceful.
"As for man, his days are like grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more. But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who who fear Him, and His righteousness to children's children, to such as keep His covenant, and to those who remember His commandments to do them." ~Psalm 103:15-18
I'll continue to pray for you all. And I thank you for this sober reminder that life *does* come to an end, and I must remember to "number my days."
A friend at church had surgery to have a brain tumor removed last September, and he is not the same now. As we pray for him, his wife, and his seven children (the youngest is 3) I have hope for them from the little you've shared about your father and his life post-surgery. Thank you!
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