Playing Daddy Daycare

Today, I stayed home. I didn't want to. It was probably the worst day of the week for me to miss. But that is the way it panned out. McGrooter woke up this morning saying he felt like he was going to be sick. Eventually he was...all over the living room floor. Leslie had chemo, and her mom was taking her, so I was called from the bench to play Daddy Daycare once again. It turned out to be a good thing. I got a call from Becky later in the morning to say she was taking her good friend and her husband, Karen & Don, to the hospital. Don had a colonoscopy this morning and Becky went to be with Karen during the procedure (it was in the same building as Leslie's chemo). The docs didn't like what they saw, so much so that they wanted Don to go straight to the hospital for a CT scan and possible surgery tomorrow. Leslie was able to go to the hospital after her chemo to visit with them, and she said they did conclude it is cancer but didn't think it was through the colon wall. Don had no symptoms. Later they found spots on his liver. So folks, you know what I am about to say. Yes you who are 50+, even if you have no symptoms, go get a colonoscopy. Do it now. Call and schedule right now. I'll wait. Go ahead.

Uncle Wil came to the rescue, taking our van to the dealership this morning, and then upon this news, taking a few hours off to go and pick up Munchkin and then Leslie after her treatment so I did not have to get McGrooter out (even though he is continuing to show signs of improvement). So I sat with McGrooter as he watched TV and rested, and tried to get some work done in preparation for the conference this weekend.

So while I'm at it, let me dish out some more bovine theology for us all to partake of. This week is a pressure cooker week for me. There is lots to be done for the conference, and even though I thoroughly enjoy it, right in the middle of the week is a full day of missionary assessment that I am a part of. I didn't need to be out this morning. Really, I didn't need to be out any morning this week. But it was this morning, especially, that I didn't want to miss. We have our weekly staff meeting on Tuesday, and I knew we'd be making many last minute arrangements and decisions. But God, in His good providence, saw fit to keep me home today. For one thing, I now know that Becky needed to be with Karen. There were many other things throughout the day that reminded me, God is in control. When am I going to let that sink so deeply into my heart that I don't blow my lid when things don't go as I have planned?

Tonight as I was getting the kids ready for bed, I got a call from Uncle Gary that Poppie had gotten an iPhone! I was so excited for him. But they were having some challenges. They ended up coming over so I could get the phone up and running and I had fun with it. It was also a blast to watch Poppie with it. We boys never outgrow our toys!

Leslie is feeling okay after her third chemo treatment. She was tired tonight though, but we are praying that her stamina won't take the hit that it has in past weeks. We're still not sure if she will be able to join me this weekend. Please pray for us all this week.