We're ready for some good news, please

This past week has been a real roller coaster. Actually more like a luge ride, since a roller coaster goes up once in a while. On Tuesday afternoon we found out we're probably a single-income household again, on Wednesday morning at work it was unexpectedly announced that my department was "between bosses," and Wednesday afternoon the biggest (and worst) news hit - that Les has cancer in one of her kidneys. We spent the next 36 hours mulling the various "options" (if getting to decide between multiple bad choices can be considered "options"). Friday morning she called the urologist's and scheduled her nephrectomy (I didn't even know what that word was a week ago), which will be on January 3. Happy new year! The good news is the other kidney is "beautiful" (urologist's word for it), so once the cancer is out and the recovery period is over Les should be good to go...pun intended.

If bad news comes in threes then we should be done for a while (in fact more than done, considering the twins' scholastic standings right now). Which is good, we need the break. Needless to say the next month is going to be spent in anticipation, and then there's Les's recovery period of probably 5-6 weeks - luckily they can do the operation laproscopically. My honey is going through all the emotions you'd expect, which is understandable.

So far I've been much calmer. Not that I don't care - I do, obviously. But it's been almost an overload to the point of having to just say, "Here Lord, hold this for me, will ya?" And then feeling like He is. Which is good, because it lets me be stronger for Les. And I have this inner feeling of trust that it is going to all be fine.

It is hard to count blessings at a time like this, and yet I do. I am thankful her other kidney is healthy. I am thankful we live in a time and place where the modern medical miracle of surgery is even available to us. I am thankful we have insurance. I am thankful for family on both sides and friends who are completely there for us. I am thankful I have a job, and that it's full of understanding and supportive people. I am thankful it was caught in time. Most of all I am thankful for my wife and plan on spending decades more together with her.

If you pray, then prayers are appreciated.

So, that's what's up in our lives. What's up with you? Got your Christmas shopping done yet?