Reflecting on a Year of Blessings

We celebrated Thanksgiving and Christmas with an increased enjoyment of family, friends and the presence of our loving Lord. As we enter the New Year, we've reflected back on a year of spiritual growth through trusting God with the unknown. We are thankful, beyond ability to express that depth, to God who has enabled Mark to sail through his chemo and injections with very minimal side effects. Now, over 19months since his malignant brain tumor, Mark has returned to activities which had somewhat decreased. He is the number one driver when we go anywhere. We've driven to western New York to visit Nan's family, and also to our condo in Florida.

Currently we are retreating from the cold northern winter by being "snow-birds" in Florida. We had left our car down here in November so that we would fly back to Pennsylvania for the holidays & then return by airplane to Sarasota on January 3. We thought that we would miss the birth of a new grandchild later in January, but unknown to us at the time, God had the oncologist change the routine appointment from January 3 to January 2. So when Sara, our daughter-in-law, went into labor 2 1/2 weeks prematurely, we were able to be there immediately after little Tess's birth on January 3. She arrived at 6:15 a.m.; we got off our train in Philadelphia on the way to the airport & were able to squeeze in an hour to visit Sara and Jeff and hold newborn Tess! Then Jeff took us from the hospital in time to catch the flight we had. PTL for God's best timing! We are so often amazed at the blessings we continue to receive!

Nan & Mark