I decided that I should probably update my blog, since it's been quite a while (whoops). Life has been waaaaaaaay busy lately, and I feel like I have had no down time. I went to a biology conference for two days, celebrated with the rest of the campus for Homecoming (which was quite amazing, I must say. And the best part was that Jordan got to come this year!), and headed north to Wisconsin over fall break. And I have even more exciting things planned for the next few weeks.
So every fall, Coe's Concert Choir puts on a Men's Honor Choir for high school boys from all around the area. It's going to be November 2nd this year, and as I've been thinking about it, I keep getting more and more excited. First of all, Jordan gets to come this year, and he even gets to come stay with me Sunday night before the concert because I'll be home that weekend for him to ride back up. But what has me even more excited for it is that it will be almost one year since Tyler's brain surgery. About a year ago my friend Tyler was diagnosed with brain cancer, and the day he called me and told me was one of the saddest days of my life. I was terrified for him, even though he seemed to be perfectly calm about it. I later realized that his surgery was scheduled for the same day as our honor choir, which he was supposed to be attending. So when November 3rd rolled around last year I was excited to see the boys from my high school, but I kept thinking about Tyler and how scared I was for him. Waiting to find out how the surgery had gone was so hard, and it was a huge relief when Mrs. Reuter told us all that he would be ok. He might suffer hearing loss and temporary paralysis in his face, but he was going to be ok. I could have cried on the spot...
I went and visited Tyler about a week after his surgery and I was shocked by how fast he was recovering. He could already walk up and down the hallway, and he even recognized me when I came in and gave me a smile. I stayed for a while and as I was leaving he said to me "Jen I know I'm healing a lot faster than they ever said I would but...it's not fast enough for me. I need to try harder." I was so proud of him, and I almost cried when he told me later that he'd put the Coe College bear that I'd gotten him right by the tv so he could almost see it. Tyler was released from the hospital soon after that, and it wasn't long before he was back and school and ready to go.
So as Tyler's one year anniversary comes around, there are times where I stop and simply thank God for letting such a beautiful human being survive cancer, and to go through it with flying colors at that. It slips my mind most days that I talk to him that he ever had cancer, because he's back to being the same old Tyler. God is so great to have given him another chance at life, and if he can do something like that, there is no limit to the great things God can do. So even on this dreary day, I know that there is always hope for something better, as long as you believe.
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