DownshoreDrift

I want to continue to thank each of you who lift up my son, Caelan, and my family to the Lord through your prayers. God is definitely answering.  Erika will take him early tomorrow morning to Birmingham to begin his third round of chemotherapy with an overnight stay. This is the really intense stuff.  He has responded well to the treatments so far and does not seem to be suffering or getting sick - Praise God!.  He loves to play with his brothers and sister, loves to laugh and, we think he has said his first word! It was "cracka" (cracker).  Everytime he's around a cracker he points and says "cracka," so, we're pretty convinced.  Please continue to pray for him and for Erika as well.  She's in good spirits, but is getting tired with all the extra care and travelling.  Fortunately, our church family continues to support us in so many tangible ways. We praise God for you.

The Lord blessed us with providing a place for us to stay at the beach through family for a couple of days over the weekend. There were only two times this summer that Caelan could travel because of his blood counts, and this was one of them. So, we got to go play in the sand and surf in Destin, Florida. The kids all had a blast and we had some much needed time away for two days. Ashtyn and Peyton rode their boogie boards way out in the Gulf for the first time, and Peyton, my 4 year old, even beat all of us in putt-putt!  He's quite the natural athelete.  Next time, I'll show no mercy!  Anyway, we do praise God for the blessing of such a wonderful gift!  In the midst of a very stressful and difficult time, it was a much needed mini-vacation.