Incredible News

Yesterday I heard the incredibly sad story about Steven Curtis Chapman's 5 year old daughter passing away. I was having trouble thinking about rejoicing in my own life knowing that someone else was going through such a hard time.

Then today we found out that M's mom had an appointment yesterday where she received incredible news. Her doctor told her that her body is responding really well to the treatment she has been receiving since January. The doctor gave her the following prognosis. Two years is almost a given. Five years is possible. And ten years is not out of the question.

In January, she was told by a previous doctor that she had only weeks to live. This same doctor thought the treatment she is now undergoing would kill her.

And now, we are celebrating the possibility of years left to spend time together and to make new memories.

Praise the Lord! From what I hear, everyone is celebrating with brownies and ice cream.