Last week’s post generated an outpouring of support and response that completely overwhelmed me and Randy. So, first and foremost, thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.
It was a good week, with a lot happening with Randy’s medical support team. He met with a local oncologist on Wednesday. We really like him and feel comfortable moving forward with treatment here in Englewood. Though he’s recommending chemotherapy, Randy decided to opt instead for just immunotherapy that is FDA approved (why does the government get a say in individual health care decisions??) for his situation. We are hopeful that God will strengthen his own immune system to fight what the medical profession has defined as cancer. He had a PET scan on Friday, and immunotherapy infusions start the morning this blog is published (March 3, 2026). Please, please, keep praying. Every warrior is important in this spiritual as well as physical battle. We thank you, in advance, for keeping him lifted up in prayer.
This week last year I wrote a post called A Year From Now about all the changes occurring in life, personally, in the country, and in the world. In that post I said that I was going to mark my calendar to revisit the issue in one year and mark the changes.
I set a reminder for myself back then to make sure I didn’t forget to revisit those issues. It popped up last weekend. I sent a text to my Airplane Girls with a link to that post, and a request that when we meet for our next lunch on March 18, we discuss all of this so I can write my one-year-later blog post. I anticipate a lively and thoughtful discussion. We Airplane Girls are intelligent, opinionated, and animated. I can’t wait to see them again.
Here’s the link to that post from a year ago. I urge you to go back and read it. In light of the world events of the last few days (and last few months for that matter), I found it to be a recap of what’s really important to remember in times of great change.
If I’m being brutally honest with myself, that post kicked me in the pants about life in general. The only thing consistent in life is change. What I said in last year’s post may just be the thing that keeps me sane and balanced for all that’s ahead.
For now, we’re in a holding pattern, as is sometimes necessary. We’re going to make it the most pleasant place we can while we wait, together, as we have for more than 50 years.
P.S. Randy’s PET scan results came in. It wasn’t good news. We can only trust God’s plan. I implore you again, please continue to pray for complete eradication of the rampant willy-boogers that the medical profession calls cancer that have invaded his body.
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