Sorry for the delay in posting. I am happy to report that I
have nothing to report. Mac is doing so well. He still tires easily, especially
at school, but other than that he is great. I am finding it easier and easier
to look at him and see Mac, my son, and not Mac, my son that is battling for
his life.
With the holidays
here it is so easy to get caught up in the commercial aspect of shopping and
decorating and forget what the season is really about. One of Mac’s greatest
gifts to us is his ability to see the magic of the season without questioning
it. In his world, magic and miracles happen every day. He is teaching me how to
enjoy today, and let tomorrow come as it may.
I still believe everything happens for a reason. As our
family navigates through this journey the reason is still not clear, but we are
adjusting, learning, and in many ways becoming better people because of it. As
I think back over my life, there is nothing I am more proud of than my two
boys. They are two of the most compassionate, loyal, and good people I know. They
have allowed me to learn how to live with Mac’s cancer as an aspect of our life
instead of continuing to focus on it as the center of our life on my own time.
I know as we have our ups and downs all of us will continue to battle with
feelings of resentment, anger, and disappointment for all of the “could have
beens”. I don’t know if I will ever come to accept what has happened to our
family, and hope that many of you will not either. There is no reason for so
many of our children to be forced to rage war on their bodies with so little
being done to stop it. Please continue to keep us and all families affected by
Childhood Cancer in your prayers and thoughts, and please continue to talk
about Mac and all the children who bravely smile through tears of pain and
disappointment so that someday the research that could save them will get the funding
and awareness our children deserve.