Houston: Day 9

There's not much to report today. Gigi's conditions haven't changed much. She is pretty heavily sedated and resting quite a bit. Her Hospice House seems to be really beautiful. There are still constant visitors to spend time with her and show her some love.
Please continue to pray for the family as we have tried to resume our normal lives. Many of us have faced various challenges this week that are not helpful during this stressful time. We are trying to hang in there but life is just crazy. There have still been many blessings throughout the week. For us, personally, Jonathan has been so very blessed by his new job. The people in his office are very understanding of his situation and are offering to help in any way possible. His professors at Wayland have also been very helpful in getting him ready for graduation. At times in the past week or so we weren't sure if graduation was still going to happen or if we would be up to it. Everything is coming together and we are back to being excited about the activities for the weekend. I know that there will still be many bittersweet moments but Jonathan deserves to celebrate and Gigi wants him to celebrate.
God has also been blessing us this week through our friends. We have friends here in Lubbock who have taken great care of us and our old friends in Plainview are also supporting us in ways that they don't even realize how much it means to us. Its nice to see true, genuine friendship in times like these. God is also blessing us through our church. New friends we have made have been so supportive and caring. I started crying this morning during MOPS when we were talking about grandmothers and a sweet friend rubbed my arm and said, "Its ok." For some reason it just gave me such peace. God showed a huge blessing after our meeting that I know will continue to be a blessing down the road. It turns out one of our Sunday School leaders lost his mother when he was just a few years older than Jonathan so he understands the pain that Jonathan is going through and his wife understands what I'm going through. Knowing that we will have someone to go to when this becomes more of a reality means so much to me. I love having mentors and people who are wiser than me to help guide me through life so this is a huge, huge blessing. Its just so nice to see God's plans laid out in every little detail in life. It gives me hope that this struggle is just part of a greater plan that he has for us and that someday something beautiful will come from it.