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We interrupt this football season to bring you . . .

A valley.

It's crazy how life works. Or, is it how God works? I was just telling Jason that I feel like things are actually going okay right now. 2 years ago, at this time, I was praying for 3 major things, and had been praying for those three things for some time. One by one, except for one, my prayers have been answered. Not in the way I was hoping, but God did eventually answer.

Well, we were down to the final prayer (of the big three), and now something major has come into our family's life. Jason's aunt was diagnosed with Leukemia yesterday. I'm still processing the whole thing. My mind cannot wrap around this right now. I haven't slept, and I really haven't focused on much else. I am distantly traveling the road with their family. I am standing on the outside of the fence, watching them, wondering what they're thinking, how they're feeling . . .

I remember this. I remember receiving the call that my grandma had cancer, . . . again.

I remember having a family meeting and being told that my dad would never get better and his only future was a life full of increasing pain and suffering, ultimately ending in death.

Those thoughts run through my head, and I can't help but to fall at the foot of the cross and weep, my tears falling upon the feet of the One that defeated death. Only to look up and see Him bending down, putting one hand under my chin to lift it up, the other to wipe away my tears, saying, "I am still here. I am with her. I am with you. I am still in control. Dana, I Am."