Joel's Journey: my mother's day !!!!!!

Sunday, May 9, 2010

my mother's day !!!!!!

Hope everyone has had a beautiful Mother's Day! I have! We all went out to eat, 14 people x $= "why we do not do it often!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" It was sooooo nice! I thank all my children and my dear husband who treated me! We then went and took a few pictures for the record. It was windy, can you tell?????My hair was all over the place :) Oh, well, maybe its a look of fun and frolic with my family!

Blessings to you!

6 comments:

The Ahlgren Family said...: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY MRS.MORRIS!!!!! We love you very much and are grateful to have you as a mother in our life!; May 9, 2010 at 10:03 PM
Gottjoy! said...: I can imagine your bill. We took our mom out, so there were 7 of us and a nice bill with tip. I am so grateful I didn't have to cook, though!

Love your picture!; May 9, 2010 at 10:39 PM
no one said...: Happy Mothers Day Mrs. Morris! Fun fun!

We know about the $$$ problem too! But, sometimes... you just gotta! <3

Sarah G.; May 10, 2010 at 9:31 AM
Abigail said...: Happy Mother's Day to you! You don't look old enough to have 13 children. Love the pictures of your beautiful family!; May 10, 2010 at 11:51 AM
Sit A Spell said...: What amazing photos of all y'all !!! Such a beautiful family. Who took them?; May 10, 2010 at 5:06 PM
Sharon said...: Your family is precious, Cindy! God is amazing, isn't He? We prayed for you through the storms in OK on Monday.; May 11, 2010 at 7:34 AM

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.