He's My Son

   Evan had Clinic yesterday. He has reached a rather monumental summit. Evan is now, finally, receiving 100% of the theraputic doses of one of his Maintenance drugs. What a climb this "less intense" Phase has been for my small boy! What a sought after, hard fought, milestone marker. He obviously has so very much more to do, to scale the next peak on the next mountaintop, and, the three (3)hills after that, but we pause today for a moment to celebrate his incredible journey. Evan must thereafter sustain his counts and continue climbing, increasing, for a very long time to come. But, glory and celebration is the word of the day for Evan's perseverance and for slowly and steadily climbing to the top of this, his personal first, maintenance peak. Three more peaks on this leg of the trip before he calls it a day and sets up camp on the highest top.

It goes without saying, perhaps, that this has been and continues to be a very tough climb. Oh, the stories I could share. Many of you have held the lines with me as Evan has, bit by bit, inch by inch, percentage by small percentage, made his journey. Some of you may feel absolutely inundated- TMI- (too much information) as the kids might say- much is offered, many times. It’s all so hard to read, isn’t it? Others of you might not wish to read about other children going down this road we are traveling. But those of us in the hallways, outside of our children’s doors, agree that to ‘not’ speak of the other precious children who mightily struggle, some more than others, would be to omit a huge part of our landscape.

I have a couple of children on my mind today. Please pray for Evan’s comrades. They are very, very sick right now and they are well… just like Evan… someone’s small, small child- Evan's compatriots, fighting cancer, every single minute of every single day.

Please pray for Coleman, Peyton, Kayla, Jordan and Jack today, as they are definitely under heavy, life threatening fire.

If Evan were in just one of the bunkers that they currently occupy, as he has been and certainly could be again, I know that I would gratefully accept a flood of prayers.

A picture is worth a thousand words, so I will sign off for now. I leave you with a riveting Youtube from a fellow mom, and the song that has lately soothed the hearts of the Moms that I know with balm, as we care for our precious babies...all the small children who climb and fight so hard to win.

Thanks so much for checking in and for all the Amens. XOXO mom