October 9, 2010 in Uncategorized with 8 Comments

Grayson was a very happy boy today! He played hard, laughed hard and just overall acted very much like himself! He and his big brother, Seth, even tried standing on their heads on the sofa! Gray so wanted to be able to do it just like his brother! It’s truly amazing how something like cancer frees you to enjoy things you wouldn’t otherwise have even let your kids do! Not only does cancer completely take over your emotions and your physical strength but it also totally shifts your priorities. It’s so much easier at this point to enjoy the mini moments throughout our day. We’re truly making memories every single second. We’re making memories that we wouldn’t have had had we not been tasked with walking down this road together. We are still having both good days and bad days, though. On a good day we feel so completely humbled and honored to be the parents of a little guy, who simply by living his life and without even knowing it, is impacting thousands! But on the harder days we just want our son to be healed and live a normal life. There’s nothing easy about having a child with cancer. Nothing! But we know, we truly know, that God is working. He’s doing something. We may not see it now and we may not know what it is he’s up to, we may never know, but the fact remains…he’s up to something. We know he’s using our brave little Grayson to touch the lives of so many around the world. He’s uniting so many christians, from many different faiths, in prayer. And no matter what our journey has in store for us we know that God is walking not only with us but a step ahead of us. He’s preparing the way and plotting out our steps before we even have to take them. Pastor Robby McClure once said “God is always up to something so give Him your full attention” and that offers some comfort. He truly is “up to something” and we have faith that that “something” is what’s best for Gray and what’s best for our family. Again, we want to say a huge thank you to you all for visiting Gray’s website, sharing his story and continuing to pray for him. The response on twitter, facebook and pray4gray has been overwhelming and a bit crazy! We hope that through our day-to-day you not only keep up with our story but also learn something to apply to your own life. A friend told me today that she has already learned alot about priorities by all Gray and our family are going through. She isn’t sweating the small stuff as much and is learning to laugh when she might otherwise rip her hair out! If nothing else, learn not to make mountains out of mole hills. You really never know what tomorrow holds. Enjoy every moment! We ask today that you continue to pray for rest and health. Gray slept better last night but is still very wrestless and agitated in his sleep so whoever is sleeping with him usually doesn’t get much rest, mainly mom. We also ask that you please pray for health for not only Gray but every other member of our family. With Gray’s white blood cell count so low we have had the sudden realization that if any of us get sick we have to leave. We wouldn’t be able to stay at home or spend time with the family. That’s obviously not what we want. Thank you so much for remembering us today and everyday. It means more then you can imagine.

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important then food, and the body more important then clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable then they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”  -Matthew 6:25-27,  33-34