by Elaine Olsen | Jan 9, 2012 | cancer, cancer volume 4, living God's truth, parenting, words, writing
I finished reading the book Frindle with Jadon and Amelia last night. It’s been a family favorite since my first reading it to Nick and Colton many years ago. I don’t remember shedding any tears the first go around, but this time was different. Last night, I cried...
by Elaine Olsen | Nov 28, 2011 | cancer, cancer volume 4, death, eternity, friendship, grief
Judith made it home to Jesus on Thanksgiving Day. I’ve been living with her absence since then. Four days is hardly enough time to displace my grief. I don’t have a place to put my grief, not really. I can’t send a casserole to the West Coast… can’t stop by the family...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 27, 2011 | cancer, cancer volume 4, friendship, grace, pain
She called me to tell me that her cancer had returned. Truthfully, neither one of us thought it had gone anywhere, but we didn’t mention it. Instead, we just held the moment together. Paused long enough to breathe in and out a time or two and then continued in our...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 23, 2011 | cancer, cancer volume 4
“Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, ‘Thus far has the LORD helped us.’” (1 Samuel 7:12) I thought, perhaps, that it might just slip by. But it didn’t. It hasn’t. It’s here. Today. A mile-marker in my fight...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 27, 2011 | cancer, cancer volume 4, give aways, living God's truth
She lapped me twice yesterday. Twice. She an avid marathon runner. Me an avid “hope I get through this jaunt without tripping on a rock” walker. My lap around the neighborhood is about a mile in lengt h. Her lap a bit further than mine. We made our cursory nods at one...
by Elaine Olsen | Jul 19, 2011 | cancer video, cancer volume 4, Tuesday Take-Away, video
Peace for the...
