Looking forward to hosting the little misses!

Dear Family and Friends,
I've stayed pretty close to home today and got some important work completed. I also received a couple orders today which I will see tomorrow. For the orders I say a big thank you as it keeps me in business. I'll start the day in Vacaville at 9:30 in the morning, then to Antioch and then to Tracy. It will be a great day and I look forward to every stop.
I'm just home from grief group and we had the sad experience of meeting two new people tonight. We welcomed them but their reason for coming was a sad one. It was a mother and daughter and the daughter has a tumor in her brain with dwindling options at this point. He has two little ones, a loving husband and mom who has joined her in the battle. I was so proud of both of them yet felt so powerless to help. I think the whole group felt the same.
See if you can identify with this line of reasoning. Take you right now, you are pretty healthy, have a family, have a job or are retired, face some health issues but none are life threatening. No one in your immediate family is sick or in trouble. Then you suddenly have a new pain, or discover a growth, you go to your doctor, he orders a CT scan or a MRI and you wait and wait for results. While you are waiting your entire world becomes much more focused, things that were important 24 hour before mean nothing now, that new show on TV, who cares, car is dirty or needs an oil change, so what, nothing is important except the results and then you get the call from the doctor, you need to come in, no they can't tell you anything on the phone. No you can't come in now, it will be a couple days before the doctor is in the office. Time grinds to a halt, sleep is spotty at best, you wait with all kinds of thoughts going through your head, what if becomes your constant companion. Finally you can get in the car and drive to the office, you wait in the waiting room, you glance at a magazine but would never remember what you read, finally you are called in. Two things might happen. The doctor either tells you it was nothing or......... it looks like a tumor, or a flaw of some kind and your world winds down to this moment. You ask, what next, and then a difference experience begins, one in which you enter the world of medicine, your whole focus is drawn to answers, solutions, side effects, possible outcomes.
In one moment, one day your life can be changed forever. I know because I've been there with Nan dozens of times, on the receiving end of bad news. Like the moment of death, there is no preparing for it, so it goes for horrible medical news, you never are ready or prepared.
You then enter the world of living well one day at a time, of treasuring time with kidos more, of family get to gathers, trips, meals out, meals in, birthdays, holidays, graduations, weddings, all have enhanced meaning when the threat exists of life coming to an early end.
I tell you this because its something to think about, not dwell on or worry about, just thing about and let your life choices, your chances to move beyond your self to the good of others, to love with your best shot, not just to get by. If you have life, treasure it, embrace it, share it and welcome it.
None of us are immune to what I am talking about, young or old, healthy or creaky.
For me I'm looking forward to some special time with Keanna and Kallie this weekend. In the context of the above conversation it means even more to be able to play games, laugh, smile, enjoy these special times.
Once again I ask that you would remember dear Timothy as he wrestles with this infection that has him coughing and unwell. Lets ask God for His special healing for our little kido.
You my family and friends have been there for our family through some of the hardest things people can experience and I thank you for your help once again.

Love

tim