Fast Forward
Reflecting on the weeks since my last blog post, God has blessed us with innumerable wonderful moments together. How unlikely such times had seemed, how precious are the memories, how deeply we hope and pray for longer, how profoundly God is reminding us of His unfathomable love in each breath every day and every night. Encouraged by Geoff's ongoing improved health, we dived into activities and adventures, balancing our time between family and friends, recreation, writing projects and organising tasks. But while Geoff has been on fast forward hiking up hills, speeding down off-road mountain bike trails, kayaking amongst dolphins, digging into his theological book and sorting office files, the cancer has been on fast forward also, silently developing resistance mechanisms to the targeted drug therapy, accelerating tumor growth in the abdominal darkness. Progression is usually a positive word. Not so in the world of cancer. Progression signals that the cancer is worsening, that the ...