Almost Christmas

We have been quiet on the blog because life has been quiet- we are thankful for that!  Our family has been doing normal for the past week or two.  Nate is working and feeling good.  The kids have their last day of school today and then two weeks of Christmas break, we'll see how that goes! We are missing a couple family Christmas gatherings which is disappointing, but we do what we have to do. Nate's brother Reuben from PA visited us for a couple days last week.  His brother Pete and wife Jess from CA will visit us next week.  We are grateful for family.

Nate and I went to an informational meeting at Gilda's Club in Grand Rapids.  Gilda's Club is a cancer support community.  We would not have necessarily searched it out for ourselves, but we think this could be helpful for our kids.  Every Thursday night at Gilda's Club is family support night.  They serve dinner and then have groups for all of us.  Nate can attend the cancer survivor group, Stacy the family/friends group, Caleb the tweens/teens group, Isaac/Julia the Kids Talk group and the littles have an awesome child area to play in.  We will attend as a family a couple times in January and see if we find it beneficial.  And Gilda's Club is free- bonus.  So I am thankful for this resource. But, I also left Gilda' Club feeling a little angry.  I do not like that our family even has to attend this place and make space in our family schedule.

Nate has outpatient chemo on the 27th here in Holland.  We are thankful he has been healthy!  Please pray for continued health for Nate and the rest of the family.

Thank you again for all of the meals, treats, cards and emails.  You all have been a blessing to us.  We hope you have a wonderful Christmas!

-Stacy