by Elaine Olsen | Oct 14, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume 2, family fun
It arrived in the mail today. A well-timed, undeserved kindness from a good friend. A third-place ribbon of a first-place portrait of two first-rate boys. My boys. Two sons digging their way through the soil on a Bolivian mountainside, investing their hearts into a...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 12, 2010 | cancer, faith, suffering
I’ve thought a lot about her over the past few days. Thought about her courageous fight against cancer and all the many ways she chose to deal with her disease in that season. Thought about her choices, her responses… the days she chose isolation over population. The...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 8, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume 2, living God's truth
When we first moved here in June, I had it in my heart and mind to lead a new Bible study with the folks at our new church. I didn’t know if it would take… if there would be any interest in their hearts for the same. We have a few takers.In addition, upon our arrival...
by Elaine Olsen | Oct 5, 2010 | cancer, cancer video
Today I’ve turned the page in my cancer journey… a new chapter entitled Chemotherapy. There was a great deal of mystery surrounding this event; new chapters are like that. We cannot hold their fullness on the front end. To see it all, hold it all, and taste it all...