God is good!

Yes, He is! Dad does indeed have cancer, but it was caught early. It is in one place in his lungs and the doctors are confident that they will get it take care of with chemo and radiation. In my dad's case, pneumonia has saved his life! Had he not gone to the hospital because of his painful pneumonia, he would not have been diagnosed with cancer. I am pained when I think of what would have happened had it not been caught!

The plan is for dad to do chemo and then radiation. They can't do radiation in Calais, where they live, so they will have to go two and a half hours to Bangor. When they begin radiation, they will be in Bangor for a week at a time. This will be hard on my parents, but I am confident that God will be with them.

Thank you to all of you who prayed for dad and mom. We were all scared there for a while and are so much more aware of the fragility of life. I will keep you posted on dad's condition. In the meantime--keep praying!

Update

Last night at 10:30 p.m. the phone rang. I knew it could not be good news. It was not. My dad had a CAT scan and they found a 2" tumor in his bronchial tree. He is being transferred to a larger hospital today. On Monday he will have a biopsy to determine what kind of tumor it is.

Please pray for him; for my mom and for the doctors who are treating him.

Thank you!

Prayer for Dad

Hello all. Thank you for checking in with the Taylor family. I have a favor to ask of you. Please pray for my dad. He was admitted to the hospital today, November 17, with pneumonia. He is feeling very poorly and in a lot of pain. Please pray for mom too as she is alone in the house in the woods!

I will keep you posted on his progress.

Thank you!

Oh dear!

Yes, report cards and parent teacher conferences are over. That paper is written (I got a perfect score). I have a lot of excusesfor not updating sooner--none that you want to hear though. I have been very busy lately with my class and school. I have been spending much of my free time researching special education things so I can help my colleagues. I believe I have found my calling!

Please pray for me as I have applied for a Special Education job in Kiev. How God works! I want a Special Ed position and there is one! Hmmm...He is awesome!

Ben's birthday is Tuesday. He will be 8! Hard to believe. Laura is nearly nine and she thinks she is nearly 21! Oh the discussions we have had lately. Who knew children would be so trying? Where is the user manual? Did I lose mine? I am always second guessing what we are doing with the kids. I want my children to be happy, open minded, respectful, well traveled, in love with learning and so much more. The want Game Boys, candy and to watch inappropriate things on tv because their friends do! If only I could keep them in a bubble and protect them from all the negativity in the world....

Have a great week. I promise I will update this more often!