Light and Momentary
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. Friday March 18 my mom made the brave decision to lay down her battle with cancer and agreed to hospice. Though her spirit to fight is as strong as ever, her body is no longer cooperating. She isn’t dying. She’s living at a slower pace. She still gets up every day, goes to the kitchen table for breakfast, writes in her diary, pays bills. Living slowly has many joys and beautiful moments. It’s also weary work - in the service and the waiting and the mundane and the holy. God has blessed us with two amazing angel nurses - Neesie and Carla - who are now forever family. They are alternately living with us and joining in the holy work of serving mama. I feel myself taking so many Mary photos; taking in each moment and storing it away in my heart to ponder. Late night talks about heaven; Mama at the piano Sunday playing and singing hymns. The morning she sang Sandy Pattis “We Shall Behold ...