How Can Something So Happy And So Sad Happen In One Day....

Today is full of cold rain and howling winds that sound like a banshee is just outside my window...R is at work, as usual, and I am waiting out the last 1.5 hours before I, too, head in that direction. This week started out really rough, emotionally. I'm not sure why other then its close to that time of month and there has been a lot of, good and bad changes, in my families lives that I should be apart of...Two of the biggest ones??? I'll give y'all the happy news first. One of my sisters is finally gave birth to her baby girl! Baby E is their second and is every bit as gorgeous as her brother was:) I remember living out in Oregon at the time they had M and I was SOOOO anxious because I wanted to be there sharing in the excitement too! Same feeling with baby E last week, but such is life as an Army wife:) Sorry, but I do not have any pictures to share as of yet...I will be sure to post some as soon as I can get a decent shot! Hopefully in March when I go to visit!

This next piece of news is not so happy...In fact, its just heart wrenching...I'm first going to ask those of you who haven't heard and are already praying, to send a prayer up for one of my dear sisters, her husband S and their two children...You see, the same day that my sister had given birth and was basking in the glow of another child, my other sister was two floors above her, in the same hospital, being told that her husband had anal cancer...They then hit her with, "Your husband, at best, has five years to live with the help of kemo and at worst, he'll only live a year." Her husband had been at work that day when he took a short break to use the restroom. After almost bleeding to death in the toilet bowl, he was rushed to the closest hospital where they immediately gave him a blood transfusion and sent him into surgery. That is where they found it...I cannot even imagine my sisters feelings, as she was being told that her whole world would eventually end; be it 1 or 5 years...To add to this, there her husband lay still a sleep, not knowing that in the morning his world too would be crushed and she'd have to be the one to tell him. They have two small children. A curious little 3.5 year old boy and a pretty as a princess 1.5 year old girl. Here is a few photos I have of my sister and their happy family if you'd like to put faces to the names...

This is S kneeling with his son during Halloween of 2008. I believe this shot even made it into the local paper that year!

My sister with her two adoring children. This was during her visit down to see me last year...

My sister and her husband taking a couples photo with their newborn at my wedding.

So for those of you who are believers and know that God can and does make miracles happen, please, PLEASE keep them in your prayers as they battle this together, no matter the out come...