It's Been Two Years!!!

 My goodness…times flies when you’re having fun! I can’t believe how long it’s been since the last update.

Once it was time for Florida to come, we became extremely busy, preparing for the trip, fitting in doctor’s appointments and juggling three baseball teams between both boys. I guess you can say, we’ve been a bit busy but who isn’t!

So…here it goes. Our Make a Wish trip to Walt Disney World in Florida was absolutely more than we could have ever wished for. They took care of every detail making it the most satisfying and gratifying trip ever! We hit the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Downtown Disney, Sea World, Universal Studios, Adventure Island, and Wet n Wild. All in one week, with sometimes two theme parks in one day! We were given VIP passes and were always escorted to the front of the lines so no waiting was ever involved. We even got up close and personal with dolphins and were able to feed them. The boys never stopped and always wanted to go go go! (And that we did)!

The village we stayed in was called Give Kids the World, it was a theme park in it’s self with restaurants, shows and parties that we really didn’t have time to take advantage of. Every morning a staff member would deliver a special gift to Jordan and when we first arrived our refrigerator was stocked with food and drinks. I could just go on and on about it. That alone was a very magical and whimsical place that made every child feel so special. Mainly this facility is ran by volunteers…again no way to describe all the little details and how truly wonderful this village was!

Weather was perfect…boy’s first plane ride was great and we even had a black stretch hummer limo pick us up and bring us home from the airport! I really wish I could describe the whole trip down to every detail, it was one made with a lifetime of memories! Thanks to the Make a Wish Foundation…truly a phenomenal organization!

Unfortunately, Jordan started to get sick with sore throat and stuffy nose on plane ride home that did end up with a fever and landed us almost immediately in the hospital. Yes…I know this was the last place we wanted to be after being gone on vacation and so exhausted. Once Jordan recovered, I got sick and took even longer than him to recuperate. But hey, we didn’t get sick on the trip and that’s what we were afraid of. So thank the good Lord for answered prayers!

Since then, Jordan has still been doing his regularly scheduled chemo along with chemo pills every night. The leukemia is in remission and I confess it will stay that way…in Jesus Name!!! School is going great for him and he is still very much involved in baseball. His hair is curlier then ever and the weight is coming on slowly but surely. I can’t believe today marks the 2 anniversary since he was diagnosed! We estimate that he has about 2 more years left of chemo therapy to go.

Still, there’s not a day that goes by that I’m not thanking God for his healing power that he has on Jordan’s body. We feel so fortunate that his life was spared. I admit…there’s always that fear in the back of my head that hinders me from having that complete peace I long for, but that’s when I start to remind myself of God’s promises.

When people ask, I always say when Jordan does good, we do good.

So…Shawn, Tristen, Jordan and myself continue to conquer on and fight the good fight. We really do know how truly blessed we are and may you all never take the precious life that God has given you for granted!

Psalms 91…this entire passage I have loved and stood on these past 2 years, let it minister to your hearts as well and may it carry you through whatever trials you may be enduring today…