Saturday, August 16, 2008

Because You Gotta Have Faith

I finally figured out what I was going to say on Fiona's card. I picked up the cards from Walgreens and started looking up addresses. I spent a good part of one evening addressing them and in my delirium even put the address label on the wrong side and spent the next morning picking them off and putting new ones on the right side. Then, I decided not to mail them. I worried that we would mail them last week and then get her CT next week and have some explaining to do. I figured, better safe than sorry.
Then this morning, I went to our library, where my usual drop-off postal box is and I thought I should mail them, what am I waiting for. It came to me...I started feeling guilty because I had relied on Heavenly Father this entire time to make it all okay. I rarely worried about how things were going to turn out because that was his job, mine was just to make things easier for Fiona. Then, now, because it's all over, I start worrying about things? I had to apologize. Then I had to mail the cards. Because sometimes you just have to have faith.
So, those of you who I have managed to track down are getting those cards soon. And I am still working on others. Without you guys this past many months, I don't know what I would've done. While you might not all have gone through it, your sympathy and prayers have made quite the difference. Early on, Fiona would ask why people would bring her stuff or pray for her or cry about her and I would explain, especially when it comes to Mommies and Daddies, when adults hear about awful things happening to sweet little people, it really makes them sad. Then it really makes them happy when things are taken care of. It doesn't hurt that Fiona is quite the special little girl.
I am not going to post the card I sent out, until I am fairly certain that most of you have gotten it. If your address is hard to find or not listed, be sure and email it to me. I got plenty!

3 comments:

Lori said...

Good for you! In faith, we celebrate this victory over cancer. We celebrate Fiona's bravery. And we celebrate the gift of being a part of her journey. I can't wait to see what the future holds for her.

juli said...

You are so right to trust in the Lord. What a journey your family has been through!

crazymamma said...

hey! I am soo excited for you! And i am soo happy for fiona! And for you too!! yeah! Jesse and i have moved from sherwood into tualatin..so i am not sure if you have this addresss or not..you can email me and jesseandshauna@hotmail.com and then i can get you my address...:)i was soo excited to hear from you! and i am soo glad that things are going well...