I want to take the time to thank a lot of people. This should be my last post about our daughter unless something changes dramatically. Anyone that wants details can email me. Treatment for her will be quite manageable, but will take about six months in total.
Thanks to salguod for a wonderful post and well-wishes. The song lyrics were very helpful, especially as I shared to you that my struggle has not been a lack of faith that Elani would be okay. Next time you actually speak to me on the phone, I won’t sound as distracted, I hope.
Thanks to Scott for the prayers. I’m not really sorry that we are devoid of cigars for this birth. We look pretty green in the picture I have.
Thanks to mrtool for the rambling phone call Thursday or Wednesday (I don’t remember.) and for checking on me quite a bit. I called you back and left a message earlier. Visitation will be Friday night or Saturday if all goes well.
Thanks to Rock for the thoughts and prayers and encouragement. I was honored to help read pre-release versions of your book. I really look forward to seeing you again and introducing you to my son and daughter.
Thanks to Milly for the continued prayers and support. Thoughts of chickeny goodness kept me going.
Thanks to Mark for the prayers and support. If there is a next time, I hope you win the pool. I also hope that both our churches back out of the UP before the end of the year.
Thanks to beg, the squeamish (You should have seen the eye exam, I actually wretched.) for the prayers.
Thanks to Alan for the prayers and support - not just for Elani. There is a reason you are an elder.
Thanks to TTK for the prayers and thoughts. You’re right, Elani arrived first. For the rest of you, I’ll let you know the news she preempted after someone finally decides to post it.
Thanks to my buddy Kurt, who really should move to Nebraska. It gets cold here. Seriously, though, thanks for the thoughts and prayers. I know I said that I wouldn’t ask for it anymore, but seriously, I no longer want my five percent (or six percent).
Thanks to Bobber for the prayers and blessings. I thought about you during the ordeal, especially my very warped, and unCalvinist perspectives of predestination that many would call Calvinist. Thanks for the things you have shared here.
Thanks to Daughter for the thoughts and prayers. See you at Nonny’s site - I’ll post more.
Thanks to P. Allan Fredrick for the many thoughts shared. I value what you share and appreciate hearing from you from time to time.
Thanks to my mother-in-law, our son’s first babysitter. She kept watch over him for many, many hours, especially after the loss of her own mother a few days before. I’m glad that I could create a temporary website for her.
Thanks to both families for their love and support. We long to see you, especially my family in NC. We had planned for summer, but Elani’s continued care may require a delay until September. (It won’t be October because our son won’t be free for half that month.) We appreciate the thoughts and prayers.
Thanks to the many churches that had Elani for their prayer lists. This list is not limited to and includes:
The Omaha Church of Christ, The Colington United Methodist Church, and The Jarvisburg Church of Christ
Thanks to many across the country that only knew a name mentioned by a friend. Folks in Texas, California, North Carolina, Ohio, Indianapolis, New York, Florida, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Mexico, Washington, Utah and other places have prayed for her in one form or another. Those prayers and/or thoughts have been from individuals of the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Atheist, LDS and Buddhist faiths as well as individuals that find their spirituality in Native American traditions.
The internet can make the world very large and very small at the same time. I am grateful for how small it has made the world for this time of temporary grief and sadness. I talk about unity sometimes and how much it means to me. In some ways, our daughter has been a part of something larger than i have ever seen. Six degrees of separation? Maybe twenty years ago. I’d wager of no more than five.
I also want to thank the United Methodist Women of Nebraska that met together in Alma, Nebraska in June of last year. Alma has about 1200 people that live there. Our daughter has a beautiful quilt because of their simple encouragement of love. See, small churches can do a lot.
Lastly, there are many that I may never know that have offered encouragement, prayers, and other things. I am grateful, even if I am not currently aware of what you have done. I do not believe that any prayer is too small or insignificant. God hears them all.
Thank you.
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Glad things are going better (and perhaps more normal) now. Enjoy the new baby and your son’s promotion to ‘big brother’!.
“You’re right, Elani arrived first. For the rest of you, I’ll let you know the news she preempted after someone finally decides to post it.”
Well….I understand that everyone in Denver has been told they are leaving. But nothing on the website, DT or ICCDF. But not nearly as exciting news as the arrival of Dancing Bear!
It does my heart good knowing she’s doing well. Thanks for letting me know.
It really is incredibly encouraging to see Elani’s progress.
Oh, we were listening to The Mamas And The Papas the other night (getting our “California Dreamin’” fix) and, on the same album, we heard “Dancing Bear” and thought of you:
I’d rather be the gypsy
Who’s camped at the edge of town.
The one who has the dancing bear
That follows him around.
And he lifts his big foot up.
He puts his big foot down.
And bows. And twirls.
And dances round and round.
Mark
and should you ever want to buy an acre or two in the hill country of TX there’s always this namesake:
http://www.dancingbearranch.com/newweb/home.asp
btw Pink…..it’s finally on ICCDF.
God Bless!
Glad to hear things are working out. God is good!
Good news! Glad the lyrics were encouraging. Look up ‘Casing Crowns Praise in This Storm’ on youtube and you’ll find several and can hear/watch it. It’s a great song.
Oh, and TTK - what?
Salgoud….huh? was there something? oh, yea, the Fleurants are leaving Denver and coming to SA to be on staff. (not nearly as exciting as Dancing Bear stuff. Pink and I were pretty sure which would happen first - my ‘i can’t tell you who’ announcement or Dancing Bear’s arrival)
How about some pics?
You have to bring both of those kids to Stumpy and show them their heritage. Let them wade out into the lake behind Grandma Lucy’s house.
Absolutely need to take everyone to Stumpy Point. I still haven’t taken the wife there. I have to show them the ancestral home.
And if I find out that there’s a visitation to the homeland without you at least giving me a head’s up then I’ll walk to Omaha if I have to.
Glad everything’s better. And send me some pics!!!
“Thanks to P. Allan Fredrick for the many thoughts shared. I value what you share and appreciate hearing from you from time to time.”
Dude, we totally love you and your family. We are overjoyed that things are looking positive. Prayer is an amazing thing, truly GOd’s gracious Will has showered you all. Your faithfulness is not unnoticed!