A blessed Memorial Day to my blog family. Spend this day appreciating those who died so that we might have a free country to enjoy a holiday. But also spend some time today thanking God for sending His Son, Jesus to die so that we might have a free soul and one day spend eternity with Him.

I apologize for not blogging since last Monday. And I appreciate several of you mentioning this to me yesterday.
If I go for a few days without blogging it usually means that either there is nothing new going on in my cancer journey, or that I feel too sick to blog. This past week though, I suppose that the reason that I have not posted is that indeed I have nothing new to report - but it is extremely frustrating to Diane and to me. I know that we should be grateful that nothing new in the cancer world is going, and believe me, we thank Jesus every day for my healing. But the frustrating part comes in when I go to the scales and have not gained any weight, and when I get physically worn out just riding the lawn mower for a couple of hours, and when I have that same pain in my stomach that I have had for a long time. But this I do know. We have not lost our faith, and He has not forgotten us for one second. He has His plan for my life and it will happen in His time.

I do have one exciting thing to report today. As of last Saturday, May 26th, I have survived cancer for one and one half years. (18 months). The significance of this number comes from the fact that the two milestones for a pancreatic cancer patient is 18 months, and 5 years. After 18 months the odds go from 4% to 25% survival rate. That might not sound like much to you, but it is a big deal to me.

Thank you for reading my blog. Sometimes it helps just to write stuff down and know that someone is reading. You might want to try starting a journal. Just writing your thoughts down can be healing.

And remember; it's all about Him!