I just want to mention here that my husband's sister just passed away today. We're heading to northern Quebec tomorrow morning for her funeral next week.

It's very hard to leave my brother right now. It grieves me to have to leave him alone like this. He's seeing the cancer specialist on Wednesday, then will probably start his chemo treatments very soon after. I hope we will be back home in time to help him through those first treatments, especially driving him to and from the appointments.

My husband needs me too, though, and that has to be my first priority for the next week or so, to help him through his ordeal.

So I won't be able to be here much over the next two weeks. I'll be able to get online once in awhile, and will be reading posts and trying to keep up-to-date with everyone and everything going on here, but won't be able to post much in the way of responses.

I'll miss being here. This is a quiet refuge in the middle of the chaos, an oasis. But I will carry you in my heart while I'm away, and I know that God continues to bless me through your prayers and thoughts!