Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Passing of a Prophet


PROPHETIC PASSING



I imagine he’s running to Marjorie now,
Yes, running, not waving his cane.
I see him embracing his father and mother
While they keep repeating his name.
I see him now meeting his forebears,
Brother Brigham and Joseph are there.
Sweet reunion of prophets, united by service
That only such noble men share.
I see him embraced by the Savior
While Father says, “Good and well done.
So faithful in stalwart endurance, I welcome
My noble, most excellent son.”
I then hear the ripples of laughter
As he says the reception’s just fine,
But he hopes that he’ll get an assignment or two
Since there’s no need to waste any time.
I can hear his clear voice in the stillness
At the close of this sweet Sabbath day,
Have faith and move forward – there’s work to be done.
President Hinckley would want it that way.

Anna M. Molgard, January 27, 2008


I just wanted to post a little tribute to this amazing and wonderful man.

God be thanked for you, President Hinckley.

Monday, January 28, 2008

Is it Baby Time?


So, I went to the doctor today. Theoretically, I'm supposed to have just over 3 weeks left before my kiddo comes. However, it looks like it might not even be that long! Who know - from here on out I could progress really slowly... but if not... this might be a Valentine's or even earlier baby after all!
Hopefully she'll at least wait till we get our kitchen floor finished! :)

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Not a Silly Thing :(

For those of you who don't know, my little brother has cancer. Below is a copy of much of the first email update we sent out about his condition:

"Thankfully, we actually have fairly good news! Brent's prognoses just came back this afternoon (several days before they thought it would) and was encouraging. While he does in fact have cancer, it is not as bad as they thought it would be! He still has several legions in his lungs and a large mass in his "belly" (abdomenal, I believe), they are very hopeful that they should all be able to be taken care of with 4 rounds of chemotherapy, all about 3 weeks apart from each other. The mass will probably not be totally destroyed, but hopefully it will be killed and even shrunk by the chemo and will then be able to be removed by surgery. Each time he gets a dose he will be in the hospital for a few days and he will need to be here for probably another week or so, but other than that he should be home most of the time. He can even go to school - when he feels up to it :)

The name of this cancer is Choriocarcinoma, but they said the best way to get GOOD information on it is to go to www.curesearch.org and look up germ cell tumors. Choriocarcinoma won't be on there specifically, so don't try :)

So, with a little luck and a lot of prayers, he could possibly be through with most of this in the next 6 months! Of course, complications and delays can always occur, and if the first 4 treatments don't do the whole job, he might need a few more, with a stronger dose of chemo. But for now, things are looking much better than they were a few days ago! This is STILL going to be a long, hard journey with a lot of ups and downs, I'm sure. Thankfully, his chances are very good and the survival rate is high. This is really the best thing the doctors could have hoped for. It's a little morbid and ironic that you can be happy with a diagnosis of cancer, but since we already knew it was SOME form of cancer, we're just very excited that it is THIS type of cancer, where there is a prodical and a plan to follow, instead of what they initially thought it could be!"

Since this time he has started the first round of chemo and so far so good. If you would like to get email updates on his condition, please send an email to project.lemtron@gmail.com .