by Elaine Olsen | Feb 25, 2011 | cancer, cancer volume 3, faith, family fun, letting go, living God's truth, out of the mouths of babes, parenting, surrender
I watched her out of the corner of my eye. Tears were forming in hers. We’d just settled into our evening watch of American Idol when I noticed her sadness. The “boys” present in the room shrugged it off as insignificant. Boys are like that sometimes, not seeing past...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 19, 2011 | cancer, faith, letting go, living God's truth
Today’s walk outside has been a beautiful gift to me. Today, I left the iPod behind, and for the first time in a long time, I could hear my thoughts think. Thoughts about… winter’s work and the wind’s breath. Winter’s work. I saw evidence of it while making my trek...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 15, 2011 | brokenness, cancer, cancer volume 3, faith, living God's truth, pain, peace, suffering
“So Jesus went with him. A large crowd followed and pressed around him.” {Mark 5:24} I think about both of them today—two needy souls approaching Jesus from different angles some 2000 years ago. I imagine that day was in keeping with most of the days of Christ’s...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 8, 2011 | cancer, cancer volume 4, peace for the journey
My hair. Beginning seeds have begun their sprouting, and I can’t decide if I’m going to be completely gray at forty-four or will continue with a patchy mix of various shades. While barely visible to others, I feel my hair there… soft and tender and just enough of a...
by Elaine Olsen | Feb 3, 2011 | blogaversary, cancer, cancer volume 3, writing
I wanted to wait and write when I had something profound to say; I decided against it because… 1. You might be waiting a long time to hear from me, and 2. Today marks my three year blogging anniversary. My heart longs to mark this occasion with eloquent prose and...
