Today my friend Katie is having yet another round of chemo. It began just a little while ago (if all went according to schedule) at 10:15am PST. She is on my mind today, as she is every day, but today I am thinking and praying for her continuously as she hunkers down for another several hour session in the hospital of chemotherapy. Living across the country there is nothing that I can do for her beyond that. I can't watch her daughter for her, I can't bring her a meal, and I can't sit with her in the hospital passing the time. Although she has an army of support that is with her and that are filling those roles.
So in honor of Katie on the days that she has chemo - to make it a reminder to us to say some extra prayers for her - we are wearing purple. Ace not as much, but I did make him a cool bracelet for him to wear for the photo op to be included. Mae and I are dressed in our purple to show support from afar for our friend Katie. Loving Husband can't wear purple on his uniform and I'm pretty sure he'd kill me if I dyed his underwear purple... plus that might be a bit weird... so he's just remembering on his own to say extra prayers today. We are sending her good thoughts of recovery and prayers of the same. We are Praying in Purple.
Katie truly is an inspiration for her strength and courage through all of this. For goodness sake the woman is still working as a teacher to young kids on the days of the week she isn't seeking treatment and/or recovering from it! She has amazing family and friends (and coworkers) that are rallying behind her to keep her strong. So while I am afar I will continue to pray and share her story to help spread the prayers to anyone and all that can pray as she continues her fight against stage 4 colon cancer. To follow her story, please click here.
If you would like to be a part of Praying in Purple please do. Dawn your purple attire and say a prayer today or any day for Katie. Also I'll be putting a list of blogs writing posts for Katie on my sidebar - that way she can come to my page and find a network of support through a list of blog posts for/about her and a list of people praying for her that she can read all in 'one place' - I've created #tag for Katie specifically and that is the link that I will be including on my sidebar. If you wish to do the same just shoot me an email with your blog title with the link to the blog posts you wish to have me put on the list. If you'd like to include just your name (or blog name if you prefer more anonymity) indicating that you're praying for Katie I can add that to the list to with no hyperlink. Prayer is a powerful thing and to rally together in a church, as friends, or in the cyber blogging world it all means one thing: support for Katie.
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