Return
I’ve been traveling, and Cindy has been managing at home with the help of Logan and a host of friends.
We wish that we could say that her progress has been consistent and positive, but it has been uneven and twisting. Some days, she is marginally better; other days, the pain forces her into retreat. In my dissertation 30 years ago, I applied trend line analysis to column inches of the Journal of Pastoral Theology in an attempt to discern predictive patterns based on a previous work, Megatrends.
Applying the same logic to Cindy’s pain, it appears that while the pain keeps returning, it returns at a lower value. If we plot the pain, the trend is that it is halving approximately every 14 days. If that trend continues, it will reach a “nominal” range in about 6 weeks. That means she still has lots of suffering, but with a glimmer of hope.
“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”
I did not grow up in a Bible memorization home, though I did begin that process while I was in High School. So it was fascinating when Cindy and I started dating and she shared her “life verse” was Isaiah 40:31. It speaks of hope, struggle and effort. Right now we are in the walking phase. Cindy has been walking every day, thankfully volunteers have come to walk with her because we are not ready for her to walk alone,
It is hard to believe right now that she might run. That seems far away, but are trusting in God’s timing and the miracle of healing and that one day she again might run.
That continues to be our prayer.
