A really horrible weekend

I am finally sitting down to do what I have been wanting to do since Friday. Thursday night we recieved some horrible news. My father in law was severely ill and had been diagonised with leukemia, so after many meetings with the doctors and some not good news as to how long we have, we had to break down and tell our kids which probably is one thing I could go my whole life without ever having to do again. So we are all feeling helpless and sad and doing what we can to help, But there has been some sweet tender mercies from the Lord, I just keep thinking that as sad as we all are, as sick as he is it really is a miracle that he has made it this far. At least now we will have time to say good bye and tell him how much we love him. There was a time yesterday when I was watching my son and my nephew out on grandpa's farm cleaning off the hay from Grandpa's flatbed truck, I snuck out there to take a picture of them and heard my nephew say to his dad, "look dad we are helping Grandpa" There is really nothing sweeter than the heart of a child. Anyway I appreciate all the prayers that have already been offered in the family's name. We have also decided to start a blog to update friends and family on the progress and status of dad so there will be a link on my blog. Hopefully we can find the silver lining on this very gray cloud.