My Sweetheart

Dale was having fun the day that she took a trip on the Duck River in my kayak. She loves to exercise no matter what it is. Running, hiking, swimming or Kayaking, you name it and she is game.

She was diagnosed with breast cancer over 6 years ago. It turned out to be Metastatic Breast Cancer meaning that it would travel to other parts of her body. Well, it did and ended up in her bones, brain and liver.

The one in her liver kept growing and growing until it became the size of a tennis ball. Now it will not react to chemo treatment and so her doctor told us 3 days ago that she was dying. The awful pain she was experiencing was the cancer and she was put in the hospital to get the pain under control.

When we received this terrible news we both cried and cried. Talking about dying is the hardest thing I have ever done. She is my Sweetheart! We've been married almost 37 years. What on earth am I going to do without her? We knew that there was no cure but was hoping that one would come along or Jesus would work a miracle or He would come back and we would go together.

We had the sweetest prayer together that night after the news. Some people get angry at God for such things. Some people turn away from God when bad things happens. Not us, we draw closer to Him. He is still God and in control of our lives. I am about to lose my wife to another, Jesus. It looks like Jesus wants her to come be with Him now. I am thankful for the time we have had together and for the last days together we are making them special.

For those of you reading my blog, pray for us. Pray that Jesus will heal. Pray that He will give us strength. Pray that Dale does not suffer anymore. Pray that God will wipe away these tears and replace them with peace.

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I pray for rain

I live about 65 mile west of Nashville Tennessee. It has been the strangest year so far when it comes to rain fall. We are 14 inches behind for the year and no rain in sight. Hey, I'm trying to fill up a new pond!

Well, maybe not as dry as this picture but it will be if we don't start getting more rain. Kentucky Lake is a few miles away from my home and this is the first year that I can ever remember that it had trouble coming up to summer pool. Today I checked and it was still 2 feet low.

Everyone has their gardens out except me. I believe this will be the driest year ever for this area and I know that I would have to water the garden daily so I'm not putting one out. I'm getting my pond level up will well water. My next electric bill has not come out yet and I hope that I don't have to take out a loan to pay for it.

This is the third dry year in a roll for this area. Hopefully it will be the last one for a while. I remember back in the 80s and 90s we had 3 day years in a roll with about 10 year in between. Last year it was so dry that the tree roots were damaged and the wind could get up and they would fall over. I've lost about 100 so far.

I pray for rain. I feel for the farmers who make a living growing crops. I stop and give thanks when I hear about someone getting rain in my county even though I don't get any. I heard someone say just today, "You know, I pray for rain!" and he did not come across to me as a praying man. Maybe God is trying to get our attention. Well, it is working.

alight