Upadates on Heather

I'm providing the button again, in case you'd like to go read about how Heather is doing. The two latest posts are from her mother and from Heather herself. It's good to see her typing again! Let's continue including her in our prayers.

Update on Heather

The other night the post about Heather's brain surgery said that the tumor was the length of a dollar bill. However, she seemed to be doing well.

Yesterday's post at Heather's blog, a post written by her friend Laura, says that she was up walking. She was smiling. She wasn't talking yet but nodded or shook her head and knew who was there and understood what they were saying. "She’s not really talking. It’s all there in her mind, she’s just having some trouble getting it from there to her mouth."

Laura asked for some prayer specifics:
"That she get some good rest.
That her speech comes back quickly
That she stays relatively pain free"

You can read what Heather's husband Mark asks us to pray for, and keep updated, by going to Heather's blog.

Today there was a post from Heather:
"I am still standing"

Praise God in His wonderful works!

Please Pray for Gabriel

Please pray for a little boy named Gabriel, who was just diagnosed with leukemia, and has a long road ahead. He is the son of Tom Sullivan, the resident technology administrator and layout and cover design artist for Canticle magazine.

Heidi Saxton, editor of Canticle magazine, tells the story at her blog. She also gives the address of the family, in case we would like to send cards to Gabriel and to his brothers, one of whom is being confirmed and the other making his First Holy Communion.

Praying for Heather

Thursday morning is the day for the brain surgery. To read updates on Heather, you can click on the button.

The button was provided by 5 Minutes For Mom

Pray for Heather

A few weeks ago I posted about Heather, who was helping with the Homeschool Blog Awards Contest. In the midst of that happy contest, everyone was shocked to hear that doctors discovered a brain tumor.

On Thursday Heather will be having brain surgery. Her faith, family and friends are holding her up. Reading her blog, you can see that she is truly an inspiration. I hope that you will take a few minutes to go read her blog post for today.

We can add our voices in prayer for Heather and her family. A friend of hers is even gathering names of those who will pray for her during specific time slots on Thursday and in the coming days.

Please keep Heather in your prayers in whatever way you are inspired to do so, and whatever you are able to do, whether it's to go to her friend's site and commit to a specific time or whether it's just to hold her up in prayer for a moment as you read this.

Dear Jesus, please continue to bless Heather with peace. Grant her healing, if it be Your will, and guide the doctors in their work, that You may be her Divine Physician in this surgery. Please bless and keep her family in your peace and loving care. Amen.