by Elaine Olsen | Sep 22, 2010 | a quick word, cancer, cancer volume I, pain, pilgrimage, strength
This morning, I found myself wishing that I was anywhere else but there… in that sterile environment, awaiting my turn at the scan machine. The milky cocktail I was given to drink (at least a quart by my estimation) messed with my stomach, more so with my mind. The...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 17, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume I, pain, peace, pilgrimage, suffering
Chapters. We all have them. Our life stories are made up of them. Segments and seasons of our journeys adequately chronicled and punctuated, each ending half-way down a blank page, indicating to us and to the reader that another segue is about to begin. Not that what...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 10, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume I, family fun, marriage
Quietly, we waited for her. Our hearts tethered to one another in a way we’ve never known… never tasted throughout our thirteen years of marriage. Few words were spoken between us. They seemed less necessary in those moments—almost intrusive. Instead, we just looked...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 6, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume I, living God's truth
{photo compliments of Shirley} I have a confession to make… an honest, writer’s confession to bring to the table before one thought is brought to you this morning: I have a lot I want to say; I just don’t have the words to say it. They got lost somewhere in the...
by Elaine Olsen | Sep 2, 2010 | a quick word, cancer, cancer volume I, marriage
I have received a gift that far exceeds being the guest blogger on my favorite website: the gift of Elaine. From the day her father (unwittingly) introduced us on the campus of Asbury Theological Seminary some fourteen years ago, through marriage, parenthood and...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 31, 2010 | cancer, cancer volume I, faith, living God's truth, trust
God is huge… really huge; so huge that it would be impossible for me to shrink him down and cram him into my pint-sized capacity for understanding. Still and yet, there are days when he breaks himself down for me so that my “pint-sized brain” can experience a...
