Bags packed again

Well, Sherry and I will leave Friday for Houston. We will spend the weekend with our family. Sherry and I stay at my sisters in Houston, and this weekend my daughter Kristen is driving down from Dallas with Sherry's parents, Johnny and Naomi. Also my son, Shaun, will fly in from Philadelphia so we are all looking forward to being together. This week has been a different week. I had the harsh Chemo (8 hours) on Monday, then regular Chemo (2 hours) on Tuesday and then today (Wednesday). I also had a M.R.I. yesterday on my bones to take to M.D. Anderson along with different shots for my blood levels, so my body doesn't know what is going on. During the night I have these big grasps for air that panics my wife. I tell her if she wouldn't put the pillow over my head it would probably help (just kidding). We are doing good, believing in God for every day. We have certainly come to understand that it's not the days in your life that matter as much as the life in your days. For that reason starting the Sunday after Easter we are going to start a series on living like you were dying. The focus is not on death, it's on life and maximizing every day that God gives us. God is awesome - I know that more now than ever. I promise to give another update as soon as we return from M.D. Anderson at the end of next week. We love all your comments, it means so much to Sherry and I. Pastor Eric Olsen