Comments on: Reflections on a difficult year

By: Keeper of the Home : Seasons of Difficulty

Keeper of the Home : Seasons of Difficulty — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:02:14 +0000

[...] Reflection on a Difficult Year [...]

By: Stephanie @ Keeper of the Home

Stephanie @ Keeper of the Home — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:42:50 +0000

Thanks, Janet! It was a difficult year, but you were a great support to us, and we were so thankful for that.

By: Janet

Janet — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:54:57 +0000

Thanks for being there for my son, Stephanie. I know God gave you to each other for such a time as this, and many more great and hard times ahead. Life does tend to throw in the unexpected, and no one ever expected that dignosis. It was a difficult year for us all! May God's Grace be with us. Janet (Ryans' Mom)

By: Rosie

Rosie — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:03:30 +0000

God is so good. I'm so happy that you are experiencing it even through all your hardships. I will pray for you. God be with you and very close to you at this time.

By: Stephanie @ Keeper of the Home

Stephanie @ Keeper of the Home — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:23:51 +0000

Yikes! Catherine, I will have to fix the wording of that statement. What I meant to communicate was that our church has several pastors, not that any of them have several wives! They each have only one wife! Thank you for pointing out how that sounded!

Thank you so much for your sweet comments, everyone. :)

By: Catherine Shaffer

Catherine Shaffer — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:34:28 +0000

First, I want to tell you how sorry I am that your life has been touched by cancer, and how glad I am that your husband has made it to his first anniversary--may there be many more. I also have a question.

"One of our pastor's dear wives picked up and I managed to blurt out what had happened."

Your pastor has more than one wife? I don't mean to criticize, but when people are writing about their faith, I often stumble on religion details that they themselves may believe are not very relevant. Any clarifications you can offer would be helpful.

By: hyperactive lu

hyperactive lu — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:58:50 +0000

wow! what an amazing story...i can't imagine. thanks for sharing.

By: Kimi @ The Nourishing Gourmet

Kimi @ The Nourishing Gourmet — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:16:13 +0000

Thanks for sharing some of your personal story of going through pain. I so agree with your ending. :-) But I know that you still felt pain and sorrow of seeing your husband going through what he did. God is good in giving us the grace we need to get through each day. :-)

By: lylah ledner

lylah ledner — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:48:44 +0000

steph...i love you more...thanks for sharing your story...and ilook forward to reading the rest...

you're one of my young hero women!

love u...

By: Debra

Debra — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:52:08 +0000

Stephanie,

I can truly identify with that surreal feeling. I had those same strange thoughts, "Is this really happening to us?".

It's amazing what the Lord can walk us through. It does give me a sense of hope in the future. That no matter what comes, we can have peace in this, He will be there with us to carry us through.

How vulnerable you must have felt, due to have a baby as your husband's life hung in the balance.