Joel's Journey: r u ready ???????

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

r u ready ???????

Is everyone ready for the surprise????????? So about 5 weeks ago, I think it was I told you that I had the opportunity to custom order something! There is this store that I love to go to in OKC, its called Lorec Ranch! I got my couch there too awhile back that I showed you and it is black leather with cowhide cushions! So one night when Terry and I went on a date, we went by my favorite store and checked out ordering, got some samples of leather and then the next day I went back over to the store and ordered this chair!!!! It is a chair and 1/2. Its bigger than a chair but not as big as a love seat! I picked out the leather color, cowhide, nailheads and I designed and put the leather and cowhide where I wanted it!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!! It goes well with the red wall in the new area that we added on! Slowly, I am getting

7 comments:

Anonymous said...: WOW Ms. Cindy!!!! That looks WAY too comfortable!!

And so pretty!! You did a good job picking it all out! We had a chair sort of like that once. :)

Love it!

Sarah; August 18, 2010 at 1:03 PM
Shanna said...: LOVE IT!!!!!!; August 18, 2010 at 1:47 PM
Elizabeth said...: It matches your blog too! I like that red/maroon/ruby color too! Beautiful.

Elizabeth; August 18, 2010 at 3:29 PM
Anonymous said...: LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) I bet Cor does too! :); August 18, 2010 at 4:33 PM
Cheryl said...: Oh wow my friend!!! Big enough for You and your man since you are so skinny now!! LOL; August 18, 2010 at 8:52 PM
Abigail said...: Ohhhhh...I LIKE it! Perfect for snuggling down into with a nice, thick book! I'll bet it looks great with the couch and the new room!

~Abigail~; August 19, 2010 at 8:06 PM
texasmcvays said...: Howdy,
Thank you for your posts they are refreshing my soul in this lonely season. Just to know there are other real people who think scripturally and then seek to live it out in their lives. To see that your family is so joyful at 13 strong is an encouragement to this Mama at 5 strong! May the Lord continue to shine His face upon you! Kyle Suzanne; August 20, 2010 at 2:10 AM

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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.