Joel's Journey: hello Feburary!

Monday, February 6, 2012

hello Feburary!

my Valentine's Tree

February is here!!! I dont know how many of you all do Pinterest but it is a lot of fun and sooooo many ideas for special occasions let alone just about millions of ideas to whatever your heart desires to do, see, make, places to go, things to wish for. I guess it could make one a little discontent.....but all the photos are pretty and I think the its all very inspiring. Nothing wrong with dreaming as long as we attach, "if its the Lord's will and the dreams are his will!!" I put my Valentine's Tree up!!! I found several red things after Christmas on sale for like 80% off that I added to it this year!! Yay for good sales!! I found white string lights this year on sale after Christmas for like 65 cents a box!!! Wahooooo!!! The photos at the top seem very easy and the recipes are here and here !!! Of course I guess you can see the candle idea is quite simple as well!!! What are you planning for Valentine's Day??

Cindy

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: A Valentine's tree...who would have thought?? =) Only you, Mrs. Morris! that is adorable.; February 6, 2012 at 4:32 PM
Rachel said...: Oh! That pink cocoa looks so good! I want to try some! And yes, I love pinterest! You're right! there are so many ideas and stuff to share with all your friends and family. Really cool!

(Love the idea of the Valentine's tree!..I was thinking of doing a tree and decorating it as the seasons and holidays go by. ) :); February 6, 2012 at 5:43 PM
Teena said...: we have some pink/red candles on our tables surrounded by rose pedals. Some heart shape tea light holders.

Love your tree.... and goodies.

grace,
Teena; February 7, 2012 at 10:13 PM

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Joel's Story

Joel, our 11th of 13 and a twin of Josiah, at age 3 was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer, on December 6th, 2006. Joel had three perfect years of health and he and Josiah celebrated their 3rd birthday Sept. 13th, 2006. The first of Oct. Joel started having unexplained fevers for a few days and would return to active play. After the fourth round of fevers we took him to our family Dr. which they said his iron was low, so we treated that for a few weeks and took him back only to have his hemo. showing lower than before. We were referred to a hematologists and saw him a few weeks with blood checks twice a week. At a visit on Dec. 4th we showed the Dr. the bumps, (which were tumors but we did not know at the time) on Joel's head and he was very concerned and we were told we needed to admit him immediately and start extensive tests the following day. Joel went through rigorous testing and then the dreaded results were given. Joel was at a stage IV the most extensive stage, but we were hopeful that the Lord would use the means of Chemotherapy treatments to restore Joel's body. Joel endured 8 1/2 days in the hospital, came home for Christmas, and returned for his second round of chemo Jan. 3, 2007. Joel had a seizure that night after midnight and went into a coma due to a tumor bleeding in his head area and causing his brain to swell. After tests the following days, the Dr. declared Joel "brain dead" and took us to court to force us to take Joel off life support, as we did not agree with the medical field's definition of death. Our family sought to stand with the scripture, "life is in the blood,"and until Joel's heart quit beating naturally, he was living. We were making arrangements to bring him home and on January 23, 2007 his little heart stopped beating and he went to be with the Lord Jesus in heaven. Our lives are changed forever. God is faithful in the midst of this trial and we look with great hope to be with him someday.