Death. it is not a happy word; it is not something we like to think about and it is always devastating when it happens. This is a little somber way to start a blog post, and no, Kevin is not dying but we have faced death with people we know this week.
On March 5, 2021 Kevin got a message that a woman that he got to know in Belize had passed away March 4 from cancer. She was his age and had found out soon after getting married that she had cancer. Then that same day in the afternoon his uncle, who had a hard battle with cancer as well, passed away. It is so hard to come face to face with death this way. Both so far away and you feel helpless and confused and lonely.
Uncle Elmer would have been one of the closest uncle’s that Kevin had. Our first ever official date was in their living room (via FaceTime of course), he has many memories of spending time with them on their visits down to Belize and his time there last year. I definitely feel disappointed that I never got to meet him. He was a role model to Kevin in the way he lived his life and Kevin would like to grow into a man like him, full of wisdom and generosity.
There are some things about death that make you start thinking and be grateful though. Kevin’s health is not perfect and we are continually wishing and praying that it could improve and that he could have a healthy body, but he is not dying. Well, he is not dying anymore then I am or anyone else for that matter. The truth is we are all dying. We are born, we live and then we die, we just don’t like talking about that last one.
The goal’s that we have in life should be to make the world better because of the short time that we have on the earth. To leave a legacy and point people to the one who created them to begin with. That is what this whole health journey is really about, to give Kevin his best life so that when it is time for him to die, he can go with a peaceful heart knowing that he did the very best he could in bettering himself, the people he loves and the world around him.
This week is three weeks that he went and got the blood work done for the Lyme's test. On Wednesday, March 10 we will be going back to that Doctor and hopefully finding out those results. As bad as it would be to find out that he has Lyme’s I have to admit that I will be more disappointed if it is not Lyme’s. This will mean we will have to go back to the drawing board and try again to figure out what all this is.
The next week we will be going back to the family doctor and the week after that another naturopath doctor visit, so this month is lots of doctor visits. Please pray with us as we move through this month that we will continue to focus on living. That we may be able to keep encouraged to fight for the best life that is possible. We will be updating the WhatsApp and Signal groups after the appointments so if you want those updates, please head over to the contact page to sign up if you have not already.
