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This morning I told my wife that I didn’t want to watch SportsCenter on ESPN. No, I wasn’t delirious with fever. I was disappointed that my basketball team had lost on Saturday and my favorite NASCAR driver had experienced another bad race on Sunday. I wasn’t bitter, I just didn’t want to hear how good Continue reading

In 1990, I had my first experience at the bedside of someone who died. It was in an intensive care unit. The family had all gathered. The rules about how many people could be with the patient were waived, and I stood there among them. I had never done anything like this before. I shared Continue reading

The Apostle Paul endured great hardships for the sake of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He shares some of his challenges with the Corinthian church: “Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and Continue reading

We all crave those illusive mountaintop experiences, but few of us are willing to do the hard work of climbing to the top. I have discovered this is true in my life and in the lives of a great many others. Those of my generation and younger have grown up in an age of fast Continue reading

Today’s news could hardly have been better. Jackie had a follow up with her neurologist Dr. Hudgens this morning. He consulted with other multiple sclerosis experts prior to her appointment which was at 7:45 CST. As you can imagine, I’ve been waiting for the phone to ring for about an hour now! Here’s a summary of what Continue reading

“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Continue reading

We rolled back into the thriving metropolis of Union Point last night, unwound a bit, spent a little time with the critters, and climbed into our comfy bed to get a good night’s sleep. Other than having gotten used to the central time zone, we woke up ready to face the day. We could not Continue reading

Saturday morning…Is this Saturday morning? This has been an odd and somewhat stressful week. Through it all we are grateful to God for His guidance and strength for all of us. We have been overwhelmed by the love and concern that so many have shown. We have been blessed to have been connected with Dr. Continue reading

Just wanted to keep everyone updated. Happily there is not a lot to share since busting out of the joint (leaving the hospital) yesterday. We got Jackie back to her apartment and settled in. She took a long and well-earned nap in the afternoon, ate some good take-out food from the Urban Cookhouse – well, Continue reading

We went to bed last night with the full expectation that today would be the final day in the hospital. Jackie had one more round of steroids, a visit from the physical therapist, a visit from her neurologist, and the wait until the hospitalist (a term with which I have only recently come to learn) Continue reading