Hope!

When you are up against an illness such

as Anorexia it is very pervasive.  Creeping

into every aspect of your family life.  

When can we eat?

Who has to be there?

What do we eat?

Did you get your lipids?

Crazy!

But, sometimes this brings opportunities

for unexpected joy.

Yesterday was one such day.

Chelsea and I were at lunch.

We went to a favorite restaurant 

for their chicken corn soup....

the best ever, I swear!

Anyway....we were sitting there

and out of the blue

Chelsea said that she 

is feeling happy for the 

first time in a long time.

She can feel the difference that 

nutrition and fluids are 

making in her body.

Up until now food has only

brought her pain and anxiety.

But now there is HOPE!

Please keep up your prayers 

for us in this struggle.

It is not an easy road to 

walk, 

but we are not walking alone.

I write these things that are intensely 

personal in the hope that someone 

else on a similar journey will find

support and a HOPE of their own.

This post is Chelsea approved....

   I would not do this without her blessing.

Thanks to Emma Rabe for taking 

fun photos on Sunday.

Psalm 33:20

We wait in hope for the LORD;

he is our help and our shield.

Psalm 52:9

I will praise you forever 

for what you have done; 

in your name I will hope, 

for your name is good. 

I will praise you in the

presence of your saints.