Knowing it would be cool and quiet, I ran over to the office to knock out some work before taking the kids to the pool.

So much for that…

Already there has been a such an outpouring of love and encouragement from you our friends and family – here, facebook, email, texts – that the only thing productive I’ve managed to do is streamline this blog site simply to facingthethief.com. Booyah.

THANK you, friends. This is one of those occasions where I am utterly content in my lack of productivity. Please don’t stop.

A funny story to share about our kids praying for mommy…

When we shared the news with Jack, Luke, and Sarah on Saturday morning, Anne and I thought they received it really well, all things considered. In the course of talking about mommy’s breast cancer, I explained to them that the medicine mommy had to take would actually make her feel icky, which was different than the medicine they took when they had tummy aches, colds, etc.  Anne chimed in that the medicine was like ninjas invading her body to fight off the cancer, which would make her tired. But that meant the ninjas were winning.

Of course, as you might imagine, the ninja theme went over quite well with the boys. When it was time to pray for mommy, Jack and Luke had no problem finding words to describe what they believed God would do in fighting the cancer with His ninja medicine. Their prayers were earnest, heartfelt, and refreshing reminders that our Heavenly Father hears and delights in our childlike prayers for healing, for help, for ninjas to beat up cancer.

Now back to being completely unproductive.

With love,

Van