HEALTH
As 2018 ended - I found myself looking back at what the year brought to the table for us. In usual Hendrix hive fashion - we faced struggle & triumph alike. The sting of struggle & despair can hold so much more space in the mind if we do not make intentional efforts to remedy this and give God and thankfulness it's due place in heart & mind. Thus, my reason for putting this on paper (or blog).
Those we hold most dear have struggled in health, but live to see 2019 & this family does NOT take that for granted.
My dad had a health scare this year, which I found myself ill prepared for. I 'm unsure what he's done to gain his endless youth in my mind, but each new gray hair, each new all black pair of sketchers, & each story REtold serves as a sudden reminder that it is no longer him that nears his 40s...it's ME! In his usual no-fuss fashion, his health scare was short-lived, but will not be shortly celebrated. Dad's dr. found colon cancer, biopsied, diagnosed, & removed a portion of his colon...all within a span of 3 weeks (maybe 2). He enters 2019 with less large intestine & some digestive healing remaining, but otherwise can be found on a golf course, or quietly napping at the base of a tree on some slice of public hunting land.
Pam's health has been less cut & dry. We counted our blessings when the drs ruled out bone-marrow cancer, but remained at a loss for her low blood counts & lethargy until they settled on a blood cell disease diagnosis, Myleodysplasia. Adjusting to her new norm has her battling weakness, lethargy, plummiting blood pressure, etc. I've watched her wrestle for victory in mind & body. The road to management of this new diagnosis has just begun & she's facing the reality that it will get worse before it gets better. She has strength to endure & I cherrish her example & fierce ability to fight to live life fully for her family. We cling to the victories & enter 2019 with confidence in a Father that sustains us.
Pawpaw is hanging in there & so are the rest of us. Jeremy endlessly trains & shows us all what it means to be disciplined. I endured a vicious fibro-flair mid-year & fought despair to come out the other side. It is a daily walk to health for us all & God-willing we will count ourselves victorious in 2019.
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