thread for middle age to older Christian women.

Shannon, I am praying for your daughter and her marriage. Praying for your MIL. I am sure this is difficult for her and your husband and you. Praying for your Mom as she needs to be very careful not to fall. Praying for your depression. It is normal and as we deal with this disease it sometimes turns out to be more handling emotions than the physical part. When you get through your treatments and your hair starts growing back in things will start to look up for you I believe.

Jean, I am sure you will be glad to get out of quarantine on Monday. I am glad you only had a mild case of Covid.

Chris, you sound like you are doing pretty well at this point. I am so glad to hear that. Hopefully once your body gets used to this med you will have better sleep. Good for you for all the cleaning and creative cooking in prep for your termite tenting.

I am a bit hesitant to share this but I do feel led to do so. At the dentist today I had my hygienist who I have had for many years. She is a Christian, single for many years with no children. She is hilarious and usually we would end up laughing till we both were crying during my cleaning. Today she was very subdued and I wondered what was going on. She eventually told me what had happened. In August her sister was murdered by a neighbor woman who she knew well. This sister has a 6yr old daughter and no Dad on the scene. So J (I will call her) is in the process of adopting this child. She is in her late 40's or early 50's. She is a very, very strong woman who is now really admitting that she is having a hard time being sure the little girl is doing okay, dealing with lawyers, detectives and her own grief. She said when do I get to cry and when do I find time for my grief. I didn't realize she lives in my same town as my dentist is quite a bit out of town. I told her about my grief class at my church and I told her I would email the teacher and see if it would be okay for her to come to our class if she wanted to. So she gave me her info and I emailed the teacher and she said she is most welcome to come which I figured she would say that after hearing her story. So we texted tonight quite a bit and she said she is really going to try hard to come on Sunday. J is used to being the tower of strength for everyone around her and now she needs to take care of herself so she will be able to raise this daughter. She is in the process of trying to adopt her now and all of a sudden the Dad wants to have a part in her life where he has been totally absent in the past. So my prayer is that God would come into their lives in a mighty way and help them to find the path to healing in a very difficult situation.

Thank you for your prayers in advance.

Have a great weekend dear sisters.

Love,

Nancy

Jean, yay for the release on quarantine!

Esther, I am praying for strength for you. I can't imagine your tiredness with all you are going through. May God shower you with extra strength and blessings.

Nancy, I will add J to my prayer list and for this precious little girl.

Next week my DD and I will be travelling to Los Angeles to visit my half family (still don't know what to call them...) My two sisters will be there, and I will meet my niece and my uncle who is my dad's brother. Pray I will still feel well.

Blessings on you all. Chris

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Thank you so much for all the prayers.

I really feel them!

Nancy praying for your hygienist!

I'm having a good weekend very busy with my teen but good.

Praying you all have a joyful day! You can get out and enjoy the day.

Love and hugs

Shannon

The first Taxol went ok. Lots of stressful stuff going on though--it's not been a good day. :-(

Nancy, thank you for your kind words and encouragement.

gb, I, too, am so sorry you've had a rough day. I wish you a peaceful night's sleep. Like Nancy said, God can provide us with His perfect peace and I pray that you will experience that. It's so wonderful when that peace descends on you and you know that it could only come from our Heavenly Father.

Love and prayers,

Carol

Nancy, you have such a gift of Encouragement.

GB, I hope you are feeling somewhat better today.

Love,

Esther

Thank you Esther. I will say the same of you!

Ade, it is good to hear from you. I know you are grieving too. I do pray for you and James all the time. I know once cooler weather hits it will be a welcome relief. Are you both still star gazing in your jammies?

Have a good night dear sisters.

Love,

Nancy

Wheatfields, maybe we might have crossed paths when you were in Naperville. What if I was at that wedding too. You never know. I am glad you are feeling encouragement and caring here. When Spar (I think) started this thread many years ago I wonder if she realized it would still be active all of these years later. As they say it takes a village for it to stay alive. I hope you are doing well.

Love,

Nancy

GB, it's so tough balancing leave, insurance, and one's health. I pray that you and your employer find a workable, agreeable solution.

My nurse manager keeps saying she intends to find me a laptop and set me up for (at least partial) work from home. For my job it would be tricky but doable, if I can conceal my phone number from the patients and if they actually pick up the phone. But what I need is for her to actually make this happen. It would take such a load off.

GB, is it possible for your employer to issue you a work cell phone? Another possibility is a computer app that allows you to make calls through your work laptop. The recipient sees your work number on their caller I.D. You're on "speaker phone" through the laptop, so there may be some privacy issues on your end (privacy may be irrelevant if you're alone at home, though).

Irisheyes, welcome to the forum. Post as much or as little as you wish. We are here to support you!

Irisheyes, welcome to our little group. We are here for prayer and support.

GB, will pray you get set up so your work flows smoothly.

Have a great day Everyone!

Chris

GB, I'm sorry you have to juggle work with treatments and side effects all at once. I agree with Nancy, lean on the Lord for wisdom and provision. (Pr. 3:5,6)

Irisheyes, we're glad you found us, but sorry for the 'why'. Feel free to be 'you' here. We will certainly add you to our prayers as you journey this road with all of us, the Lord leading the way.

Nancy, we have had more porch evenings since the rattler incident. That scared us pretty badly. Our little Ezra puppy came in one evening from out back and he was acting sluggish (NOT like him!). We were concerned he had tangled with a scorpion (this was shortly after James' barefoot thing with one) or worse, with a rattler. He wouldn't know any better than to "play" with either. We prayed for him and gave him a Benadryl and went on to bed since it was pretty late. Thankfully by morning he was his spunky little self.

Boy am I thankful I can lift my burdens to the Lord today! Our daughter-in-law's dad is seriously ill having just had bladder surgery for cancer so she and the grandaughters are all up north with him (DIL just having had eye surgery herself). Our son (her husband) may well lose his job in November. If so, they would be moving wherever he can find another job - meaning we will have to move either near them or back to Ohio with the other 2 kids. (Moving is a HUGE deal for us right now. I just don't have it in me and don't think James does either). My friend Penni doesn't seem to make any progress from her stroke and her husband called today to tell us that he has hardening of the vessels in his brain and it is causing the white matter to die. He is her only caregiver...no family around. We have talked with them for YEARS about moving closer to their kids for such a time as this - but he stubbornly refuses to leave his property. We will do all we can for them, but just can't be their long term solution. And, James is in bed with yet another migraine. They are more frequent. I won't even go into my "stuff". Just lift up these concerns if you will and I will be blessed to know I am not alone in these intercessions.

Praying for all of you with love,

Ade

(This was our beautiful morning yesterday)

GB, how many Taxol treatments will you have? I will continue to pray that you can work from home. I am sorry you are experiencing stomach upset. I pray that things improved as your work day progressed.

Chris, it is good to hear from you and I am so happy to hear how well you are doing on your new meds. May I ask what new drug that is? I am guessing you are with your new family now. I have been praying that you would have good energy and really be able to enjoy your time with them.

Ade, you have so much going on right now. I am really sorry to hear that your son and family may have to relocate as I know that is going to possibly mean the same for you both. I am sorry James is in bed with another migraine. I know this must seem so discouraging. I am really sorry to hear about Penni and her husbands brain issues on top of everything else. You are right that you and James can't be their long term solution. That is not fair to both of you even though I know you have both helped them out way beyond what many people would do. I continue to pray for them as well as for you and James.

In the midst of it all God gave you a beautiful sunrise. That photo is just gorgeous. I pray that God lifts your spirit today and that James will get over his migraine very soon. Hang in there. God will give you strength when you feel like all of yours is depleted.

Esther, as you prepare to move your family to another location I know that will involve a lot of work and packing so I pray God gives you the strength to do all of the things that need to be done before leaving.

Love,

Nancy