Praise God for Life!

When I created this blog, I was so excited to write that first entry. Then, I quickly realized that I had nothing to share. I guess I'm not the most insightful or witty one that can come up with stuff! Nor do I have cute little kids to share pictures and stories about. But I do shamelessly LOVE to read cute mommy's blogs that I don't even know. Sad!

But recently, I feel like I have a few things!

I ran the Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10k this past Saturday. It was pretty good, except for the rain! Yuck! I ran about half of it if not a little bit more, and finished in 1 hour and 12 minutes. Not bad for not training at all! Except for the treadmill like, 3 times? But I never run a long ways like that. Anyways it was an experience and I look forward to the Susan G. Komen 5K on May 10! Hopefully I can train some for this one and try to run the whole thing. We will see I guess!


Also, I wanted to share a story about a little boy that has just touched my heart. A few months ago I found a blog/website for a little boy named Ethan Powell. Ethan was diagnosed with cancer when he was only 2 months old. I started to read his blog and have kept up with it ever since. He went through so much in his short life, and had some times when he wasn't doing too bad. But in the past few days, he started to get worse. He had some sort of infection and had to be put on a ventilator. That led to the oscillator. I am not medically savvy, but I remember hearing about all these things from when my Dad had cancer, and it hits all to close to home for me. I know the ventilator isn't good, and the oscillator is worse, and very hard to come off of once you're on it. Once Ethan was in ICU and not doing well, I was checking that website so much to see if there had been an update to see what was going on. Many updates were posted in the past few days, and I was praying so hard for a miracle for Ethan. I had gotten home from the 10K yesterday and showered, and went to check his site. As I read the update his father, Ben had written, I just broke down and cried. God took Ethan to be with him in Heaven yesterday, April 5th. Granted, I don't know this family, but I felt such a connection with them and their precious baby Ethan. I cried so hard for his family, like I knew them and was a part of their family. I felt like I could feel the pain they were feeling. I know it's a different form of loss from losing your father, but I still could feel a sense of how they felt. I know God will provide for them the strength and comfort they need, as he did for me when my Dad died from this monster of a disease. So pray for Becky and Ben, and their family. God has a beautiful little angel named Ethan now, and I know he is safe in Heaven with no more sickness, medications, tubes, NOTHING. He is free and although his family and friends miss him so much, it's always comforting to know he is with our Jesus.

Praise the Lord for the gift of being healthy. We take advantage more than we realize for our health, and each new day God allows us to live. So today, praise God for life!



Here is a picture of little Ethan and his Dad, Ben. Just because this picture makes me smile.