A Long Time Away

It has been awhile since my last post. At this return, there is joy in my heart. My precious mom battled an unknown illness for several months. After a diagnosis of malignancy, we have now found that she suffers from Waldenstrom's Anemia. The strange name was one none of us had ever heard of prior to this week. What a joy to find that it is a treatable disease that she can live with for many, many years. After such uncertainty for so long, she and we rejoice that God has indeed been watching over her, just as He promises He will!

If you've ever experienced times like these, and many of you have, you know that the outside world around you takes on even a more beautiful presence after times that have been difficult. It's a bit like seeing the sunlight after coming out of a long, dark tunnel. It seems brighter than you can remember it having ever been. Yesterday was such a day. As a "bonus" from God, I spotted a white pelican resting in the water between Gautier and Pascagoula as I travelled east from here. He was like a bright, white, lone beacon telling me, "Everything IS going to be OK!"