Just a matter of fact.....

Well, here we are, in May.... cant believe how quickly the time goes by, soon school will be out and we will be enjoying a time with no routine or schedule. Do you find, that as you start to get older, time seems to go faster....
May 14- Josh will be a teenager.. WOW.... I can clearly remember just taking him home from the hospital.

So, hockey season is wrapped up again, and we have decided not to do summer sports this year, we moved into our "new" house last summer and now have an in ground pool, with slide and diving board, that should keep the boys occupied, along with street hockey, baseball, biking and maybe some camping this summer.

Josh is gearing up to do the word and deed bike-a-thon, my younger sister (Dot) has asked Josh to do it with her, and ever since she has mentioned it, we hear about it often. We haven't received the forms yet to get the sponsors, but if you know Josh at all... that will just not do..... So I quickly did up an excel "sponsor sheet", so Josh would be satisfied and he has gone out and started collecting sponsors... I think he has put 3 hrs into it, and has already gotten $250.00 in donations. When he puts his mind to something, that is the only thing on his mind.
He was canvassing the neighbors, and one just down the street asked him if we were the new people that moved in... Josh replied "yes we were" the neighbor than mentioned that he noticed that the boys played a lot of hockey on the street and asked if Josh liked hockey.. Josh- "ya, I play ice hockey too, but last season kinda sucked" neighbour-" oh, why is that?" Josh- " I missed more than half the season", neighbor- " oh, why did you miss half the season?" Josh- "oh.. I have a brain tumor and I had to have surgery" neighbor- "oh.... I am sorry to hear that" Josh-" that's alright, I went for an MRI last week and we get the results to see if it is growing on Thursday" neighbor-" well I will definitely keep you in my prayers" .......
Josh came home and told me the whole story, then was excited to tell me that he thought the neighbor was a Christian.
Josh is always a "just a matter of fact" type of kid... he says it the way it is.....
I should also mention, that neighbor gave Josh a nice big donation for the word and deed bike-a-thon. - I kinda feel sorry for the man, I'm sure when he started the conversation with Josh - he was not prepared to hear about Josh having a brain tumor.
Josh is also geared up to help in a "car wash for cancer" this summer. We met a couple at the hockey banquet that are doing a bike-a-thon for cancer, however the sign up was already closed and it was too late for Josh to enter, but I received an email from that couple just yesterday asking if we would like to help with the car wash, I told them we would love too- pending it not be on a Sunday. I will send a quick email out with details, its a great way to get the car clean and donate to cancer research.

So, we get the results of Joshs' MRI on Thursday... have you ever had it, when every second of the day you are quietly praying..... well I have had a lot of those days lately. We pray that there is no change at all..... waiting is hard. I don't know what else to say except that.... waiting is hard.

I will blog again when we receive the details of the MRI.

Please keep us in your prayers, with thanks