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Setting Boundries

deborahfoster wrote 11 months ago: Amy is a minister’s wife and up until she received her cancer diagnosis, was a Mary Kay direct … more →

Tags: Amy, Cancer, breast cancer, family support, boundries, Mary Kay Director

Everyone Has A Story

deborahfoster wrote 1 year ago: From the beginning of their illness till several years after their deaths and sometimes even now, th … more →

Tags: Cancer Story, Oncology

Feeding Tube Lessons

deborahfoster wrote 1 year ago: After writing about our family’s experiences with inserting feeding tubes into the stomachs of … more →

Tags: feeding tube, feeding tube decision, removing the feeding tube, denial of nutrition and hydration

Strength For the Day

deborahfoster wrote 1 year ago: When you are the caretaker of someone with a long term or perhaps even terminal illness, how do you … more →

Tags: Cancer, caretake, Stress, stage 4 cancer

Taking Care of Your Parents

deborahfoster wrote 1 year ago: “Once the parent becomes the child, there’s actually a sweetness that returns to the relations … more →

Tags: Emotions, caring for parents, exhaustion, Pain, parenting decisions

Teach Your Children How to Make Good Decisions

deborahfoster wrote 1 year ago:     Why?  Because one day they will be making decisions for you.  Yes.  That is the reality of life. … more →

Tags: Cancer, Decisions, Judgement

The Pendulum Swing of Emotions

deborahfoster wrote 1 year ago: Think of the swing of a pendulum. Its swing in one direction is equal or almost equal to the swing i … more →

Tags: pancreatic cancer, Chemotherapy, Radiation, Wayne, Glynn, Emotions, Cancer, terminal illne

The Sands of Time1 comment

deborahfoster wrote 2 years ago: What is time? We can’t see it.  We can’t hold it in my hands.  We can’t smell it o … more →

Celebrating in the Midst of Sadness

deborahfoster wrote 2 years ago: Oh, it is so hard to put a smile on your face when your heart is breaking. Trying to make the best o … more →

Must We Be Strong For Each Other?

deborahfoster wrote 2 years ago: Wayne and Glynn were home this past weekend,  giving them chance to rest a little bit, and giving us … more →

Cancer and Pain

deborahfoster wrote 2 years ago:  This email came from Dot, Wayne’s sister, yesterday.  Please read my comments below. Ok every … more →

Tags: Wayne

Why Does It Have to Take So Long?

deborahfoster wrote 2 years ago: Please, God, give me patience.  No, don’t give me patience.  Make everyone hurry up!!! You hav … more →

Tags: Wayne

Is God not listening? Is He Being Stubborn?

deborahfoster wrote 2 years ago: We prayed for Wayne.  In Sunday School we prayed for Wayne.  In our worship service, as a church fam … more →

Grieving

deborahfoster wrote 2 years ago: After the feeding tube was removed, Mother lingered on for about 3 days. I stayed there with her mos … more →

Tags: The story...

When the Battle Rages

deborahfoster wrote 2 years ago: During Mary Kay Seminar last week I had an unexpected blessing.  It is not often when you have the o … more →

God's Grace is Sufficient

deborahfoster wrote 2 years ago: God’s grace is sufficient.  All my life I have heard people talk about how God’s grace s … more →

Grief--I Know How You Feel

deborahfoster wrote 2 years ago: I asked, “How was your visit with your mother?” Her reply, “Horrible.  Just horrib … more →

Terminal Illness? Live in the Present

deborahfoster wrote 2 years ago: From the beginning, Mother’s diagnosis, then Daddy’s diagnosis, we knew what the end res … more →

Crossing Bridges, again

deborahfoster wrote 2 years ago: As I thought about yesterday’s post on this subject, it became clear to me that I did not full … more →


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