The plan was to battle cancer and to be done with it forever. Now they are saying I will always live with some kind of cancer. I am trying to be hopeful. I am trying to count my blessings but it is hard. I need you Lord.

Every student has one subject that’s always a struggle. For me, it’s math. Rarely would a math lesson go by that I didn’t need help, but asking for help is not easy. Before I am willing to ask a teacher for help, I ask myself these three questions:

Part of stress management is recognizing that sometimes it’s not a bear. It’s a hamster, but you’re reacting like it’s a bear.

Our family plays in creeks. Other families have leisure pastimes like biking or camping or playing softball. My kids have grown up playing in creeks, I played in creeks and even my dad played in creeks. We have a creek-playing season, and we even have creek shoes. You can’t go out and buy creek shoes; they have to be the too-small pair of tennis shoes from last summer with your toe poking out of the top to really qualify.

Meet Chris Buck a Nurse Coordinator Oncology Research at Overlook Medical Center in Summit NJ.

Listen to Michael W. Smith and Carrie Underwood’s song All is Well.

Pastor Andrew Kasper leads us in prayer for those working in hospice and palliative care.

In this prayer Doug prays for all those who may be dealing with depression on their cancer journey.

A cancer walk is the type of struggle that can reveal new things about Jesus you’d never seen before. On the day before cancer came into your life, you probably understood that Jesus was your Savior, your Protector and your Comforter. Yet, sometimes your faith can jump from understanding who Jesus is to knowing who Jesus is.