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10/17/00 Look Out Mother Teresa From:
Rob Payne <rob@everydayisprecious.com>
Marcy continues to feel well and is in good spirits. The most difficult thing in her beating the disease is not doing anything. She "can't" just sit at home and relax. She is so active that when she stays home all day, she gets stir crazy. She is constantly looking for the next thing to do. Once she finds that thing to do, her enthusiasm and drive kicks in and she has to be the best at whatever it is she's doing. She has to really temper her natural tendencies to keep from overdoing it. When she overdoes it, she gets tired and her right let will start hurting again. In our last email a few weeks ago, we said we now have a mission to help others. Marcy has used her energy to go to Bible studies, be a Girl Scout brownie troop leader for Darcy, to volunteer at both of the kids' schools, and to visit shut-ins one day a week through Grace Ministries - and to her, that's taking it easy! She prays for and receives strength every day, but each of her new "jobs" is able to continue without her if she needs to change a priority on any given day. All I can do is warn the record book writers to make room next to Billy Graham, Juliette Lowe, the Williamson County School Superintendent, and Mother Teresa. Also, we hope to help people by posting these emails we have been sending to a web site - http://www.everydayisprecious.com - along with the Bible verses and books that helped us. The site is up now. We hope that people find it helpful, that the URL is easy enough to remember (every day is precious - without the spaces) that they can tell friends about the site, and that many people can find comfort and hope there. In the "Shared Stories" section of the site, we hope that many people send us their stories so their miracles can be shared with others. We plan to update the site often so that even if you've been to the site before, you'll find new hope and comfort on a return trip. Marcy and I are alike in very many ways, but our drifting from the macrobiotic diet has been a source of irritation between us. Since it was our first action after prayer that produced positive results, I think the diet is important to maintain. But I use food as fuel for my body. Marcy doesn't live for the next meal, the way some people do, but she does look for more enjoyment from eating than I. The diet is very bland and repetitive. We have talked it out and Sunday bought a macrobiotic cook book to try to make meals more interesting and tasty. The first couple of things Marcy has prepared from the book have been very promising for us. The kids will take a little longer. The wet cell treatments and massages continue to help, so we continue to do them. The time taken is during television's prime time hours, so we have almost eliminated our television watching. So we dropped our cable service to the bare minimum. That has been great for us. The kids groaned at first - they lost a few cartoon channels - but they have already started other, more productive activities. They do more playing outside, reading, and indoor games. They even talk and interact more with each other and with us. When we count our blessings, how do we know where to start? Thanks for your continued thoughts and prayers. We count you as one of our many, many blessings. Rob Click here for the Next Email. |