June 8, part 2....

Update #2 today... my own fault for waiting so long to post, lol! I was running out of battery life while I was writing the last post but I had no cord, so I had to wait until we got back to RMH to plug in, etc.
Anyhooo... Tom came to Vancouver for the weekend, and we had a FABULOUS time with him. We hung out on Saturday, had a little BBQ, seeing as we had this entire mansion to ourselves all day.... it felt like we owned the place! It was fun, actually. Tom was in dire need of a haircut and Noah's hair, while not completely gone, was starting to look a little patchy in the back and on the sides, so he also went along for a buzz. This is what happens when a dad takes his boy for a haircut:





He LOVES his mohawk. It is not a fauxhawk, it is the real deal. He pestered me to go out and buy gel, so he could spike it up; he is hilarious. You will also notice he is sporting his new "iChemo" t-shirt, modeled after the iTunes ads. He wore it 3 days in a row, until I insisted he peel it off so I could launder it, lol.

We went to church, the three of us, on Sunday, which was very nice; I enjoy going to church with my husband :D Although, as I said to Noah during the service, I don't know why I keep going there- I must have some sort of allergy or something - every time I go there I cry. Seriously. God speaks so loudly to me in that place, always something I have needed to hear. For example, the theme of the service was from Romans 8, about there being nothing that can separate us from the love of God. ( vs 35-39: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? ³⁶ As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”^[j]

³⁷ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. ³⁸ For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,^[k] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, ³⁹ neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.)

I love this message. AND THEN there was this song, while not having anything specifically to do with cancer, enveloped me with such peace.... especially the chorus:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8pfyBiqdd4

The song is called "After the Last Tear Falls" Here are the lyrics, but you really should listen, it is beautiful.

After the last tear falls
After the last secret's told
After the last bullet tears through flesh and bone
After the last child starves
And the last girl walks the boulevard
After the last year that's just too hard

There is love
Love, love, love
There is love
Love, love, love
There is love

After the last disgrace
After the last lie to save some face
After the last brutal jab from a poison tongue
After the last dirty politician
After the last meal down at the mission
After the last lonely night in prison

There is love
Love, love, love
There is love
Love, love, love
There is love

And in the end, the end is
Oceans and oceans
Of love and love again
We'll see how the tears that have fallen
Were caught in the palms
Of the Giver of love and the Lover of all
And we'll look back on these tears as old tales

'Cause after the last plan fails
After the last siren wails
After the last young husband sails off to join the war
After the last "this marriage is over"
After the last young girl's innocence is stolen
After the last years of silence that won't let a heart open

There is love
Love, love, love
There is love

And in the end, the end is
Oceans and oceans
Of love and love again
We'll see how the tears that have fallen
Were caught in the palms
Of the Giver of love and the Lover of all
And we'll look back on these tears as old tales

'Cause after the last tear falls
There is love

sigh...