The news for now

It's hard to write about our life now. We're finding our sea legs. Mostly, Sandy's health deficits manifest themselves in a lack of stamina. She used to leap tall buildings in a single bound; now she takes the elevator.

The key is meal planning, so that there's a good supper waiting when she comes in the door. The couple hours she has before she begins dialysis goes by so quickly. Everyone has been faithful to help us save that time for rest and family, rather than phone calls.

We welcome them on weekends.

We hope the doctors will find a fluid with fewer calories. We hope she'll continue to feel well. We hope that VIPCare will keep on being the strong pastoral presence it has been, especially since counselors now get LMFT or LPC credentials. Personal formation, exploration of the counselor's own inner world, the hallmark of pastoral counseling, isn't included in secular training.

Anyway, there's not much blow by blow action these days to report. I'll be sure to alert those of you who choose not to read regularly by email, if God forbid there is a big change.

God has and will continue to honor your prayers and love by sustaining us with God's Spirit.

Nothing can separate us from the love of God.