Valentine's Day

Van speaking: After a week of chemo death, today started with a miracle. I hadn’t been able to eat anything for three days running. When the missionaries from the Hospital Branch stopped by to give us the Sacrament, they asked if there was anything else they could do, to which I replied, “I sure could use a blessing”. They happily obliged and blessed me that my body would take nourishment and I would regain my strength. Almost immediately I desired food which hadn’t been the case for days. I was able to eat breakfast and dinner and have been able to keep it all down. That was huge for me because I’ve lost so much weight they were starting to get worried.


The kids came by today and decorated our room with Valentine’s and things. It was good to finally be in a position to talk and visit with them instead of being comatose. Lindsie decorated the table and we ordered a cheese burger and fries, strawberries and a brownie from our low microbial diet menu. (See the two love birds below.)


I have learned as Moses expressed so beautifully, “I know that man is nothing, which thing I never had supposed.” In this huge cosmos of Heavenly Father’s creations, we as human beings are truly insignificant little life forms. However, as Nephi, “I do not know the meaning of all things” -- but I know that we are Heavenly Father’s children and he loves us and is aware of our needs and that it is through small and simple means (even seemingly insignificant things) that great things are brought to pass. 

 Our Sweetheart Dinner on Valentine's Day at LDS Hospital

(Sorry I didn't have a box of chocolates for you honey)