Time Hop. Dad Update 3/22/2016

Recently I read a little quote: "Suffering is not the absence of God, if anything, it's the total opposite." Combine that little quote with my recent look at my "time hop" on Facebook, and I couldn't help but realize how incredibly true those words have been these last (almost) 30 months. Time Hop has a way of reminding you what you were doing exactly one year, two years, heck even seven years for some of my memories, from today. And Time Hop reminded me how far we've come in these last 30 months of Dad's diagnosis, and reminded me of the incredible amount of suffering we've endured, suffering that has completely been filled with God's grace. One year ago I wrote the following (March 2015): "I am so desperately trying to find the silver lining, the good in this situation, but I'm without a doubt struggling right now. Dad's cancer has once again attempted to test my faith and my determination to win this battle. I received a cal...