ONE year 'old'..Wow! Hard to believe..

We celebrated Becky being one year old today...So hard to grasp that one year ago, the stem cell transplant was done...Of course, we will never forget the transplant day, and the days leading up to it. We are so thankful for a donor somewhere in this world who gave their blood stem cells..She (yes, we do know she is female and 43 yrs old) is indeed an 'earth angel'..We did receive a generic letter from her saying she was praying for us..and then she quoted Joshua 1: 9 "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."

We were absolutely blown away by this...we will never forget receiving this letter..
It was a huge boost on a tough day for Becky..

So, now one year later, we look back at a journey of extremes...extreme canyons of depair and uncertainity to extreme highs of disease cure and other mountaintop moments..We thank God, we Praise God for being in all of these moments...We know there are more highs and lows to come..But we just want to stop at this time and just breathe say 'thank you'..
We thank all of you for your prayers and well wishes..and food and other support.
We feel your love..we really do. Many of you have your own extreme trials and for you to take the time to pray for us, to call, text or email us, actually feed us, or blog comment..we send a BIG boatload of gratitude..as they say today..a BIG shout-out to you!
Tomorrow is another day..but Becky will wake up with a forward motion attitude..but as mentioned, she will look back too..she will look back at just how amazing this has all been...amazingly wonderful and amazingly dark, but knowing the Lord Jesus was with her every step, every procedure, every wearisome day and nite...He was faithful, when we were faithless.

So press on good friends and family..press on..Seize the day. Skip your rocks on the pond of love, kindness, determination, forgiveness and more..watch what these ripples can do.

Much Love to you all...Celebrate and we mean it..celebrate life..

Bill and Becky

PS. AND A BIG SHOUT OUT to Barbara and David K. for bringing a Happy Birthday cake and the quilt made by "Loving Stitches" a JOF church ministry..It was all a surprise to Becky..She loved it! Thanks again B & D!..