Saturday, February 16, 2008

Sat 2/16

Good Morning!!! Life is good in the Blonshine house, all three of us girls are here picking on each other and laughing. I love it. Laura came home for the weekend, and I have a three day weekend. Erin is feeling well, just hanging out. We are watching movies, and joking about eachothers clothes and eatting habits. =) We are so blessed to have such a close family!! God continues to work through our friends and their prayers. We were told that this was going to be a long road. We are now a month and a half into it and it seems as if it will never end. Although I am sure in hind sight we will see extreme amounts of growth and spiritual learning. I continue to pray for strength and wisdom for my mom and sister as well as the entire family. God can and WILL help pull us through this time period. If you are cuurently keeping up with Erin's progress through the blog please pray in the following ways:

- We find out the results of her bone marrow biopsy on monday.
- Erin will be returning to Emory on Tuesday afternoon to begin her second round of Chemo
- She is scared and nervous about going through this ordeal again
- We are all anxiously hoping that this round will rid her of Leukemia
- The stinky part of having to be in a hospital room for another month
- Erin is tired, and ready to be done. Please pray for endurance, and energy to continue this fight. I think the same goes for my mom.

Thank you all for your thoughts, kindness, and care. We are counting our blessings daily. You have been a wonderful Christian family.

~Amanda Varner

6 comments:

The Petersons said...

Speaking of wonderful Christian families....

Give me a "B"
Give me a "L"
Give me a "O"
Give me a "N"
Give me a "S"
Give me a "H"
Give me a "I"
Give me a "N"
Give me a "E"

We all know what that spells...an awesome family that we all love! We will continue to keep you all in our prayers and specifically for the upcoming week. Continue to have a good weekend. Blessings,

~The Petersons

Anonymous said...

The Reynolds family in Florida continues to keep you in thoughts and prayers. Thank you so much for your blogging efforts. You are insightful when you say that this experience is helping you grow. Erin, hang in there! you are a brave girl with much to give! ove, Cherry and Bill

The Stills said...

Thanks for the specific prayer concerns Amanda...glad to hear you girls have had a good day together. Praying for you all,
with love,
Vicki

Anonymous said...

Good to hear from you Ms Amanda! Thank goodness for school holidays! I am so glad that you guys are enjoying your weekend together...could even see snow I hear?!? We continue to keep you ALL in our prayers. Of course your mom would never ask, but if you ever see anything we could do to help out...please give us a call...there are many days that Aaron and I are just running around looking for "stuff" to do! Give each other a hug for me.
Love to all,
Kristie Chamlee

Beth Finlayson said...

Erin,
Though the road is long and hard, the reward...the blessing will be plenty. I must admit that there are few times that I understand what God is up to, but I KNOW that He is working to provide you with the BEST He has to offer! Take heart knowing that although this world is filled with troubles and trials, that He has overcome the world! I love you girl! Hang in there and enjoy the beautiful sunshine! :)

~beth finlayson

Anonymous said...

I am continuing to pray and think of you daily. I miss seeing you but you sound like you are having fun! I will definitely be coming to visit soon. I love you Blonshine family! Smooches!

-Monica