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Taking the Question of “Why” to the Source

Posted by MK | Filed under Books, Leukemia

It’s easier in moments of pain, when the questions invade your reality, to direct your sorrow, disappointment, and anger at Satan or a broken world or a random occurrence. It’s easier to let the blame lie there, but if we do, we are robbing God of His power and control and cheating ourselves out of [...]

Throwing Away the Snowman

Posted by MK | Filed under Leukemia, Parenting

Today is, for me, one of the most difficult days of the year mainly because I love Christmas. I love everything about it. I’ve been listening to Christmas music since November 1 every day, all day. Our house has steadily done an advent calendar for the month of December. We even have a Santa Claus [...]

The 5th Anniversary of Leukemia

Posted by MK | Filed under Books, Leukemia

Last week marked the 5th anniversary of when we sat in a room at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital and heard that our son had cancer. Devastating day. Each year since then, I’ve written a post with some reflections about cancer, faith, and our family. Funny enough, I was filming some teaching for the Bible study version [...]

Wednesdays Were Pretty Normal: A Boy, Cancer, and God

Posted by MK | Filed under Books, Leukemia

This morning, me and the family are filming a promotional video for my book with B&H that will come out in March. It’s called Wednesdays Were Pretty Normal: A Boy, Cancer, and God. If you’ve hung around the blog for very long, you’ll know that our son, Joshua, was diagnosed with leukemia at age 2 [...]

Quick! Somebody Talk to Me About Cancer!

Posted by MK | Filed under Leukemia, Theology

The human heart is an idol factory. John Calvin wrote that, and I get it. Probably you do, too. But to really feel the weight of that statement, we must realize that an idol can truly be anything. Typically, we think of idolatry as something receiving undue weight, worth, and devotion in our lives. Sure, [...]

Leukemia Reflections – Year 4

Posted by MK | Filed under Leukemia

Four years ago this week, our son Joshua was diagnosed with leukemia, and our lives were dramatically changed. Each year on this week I’ve posted some reflections about pain, cancer, and parenting from the previous year. You click on the links to read the previous year’s reflections: Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 This year [...]

You Should Eat at Chili’s Today

Posted by MK | Filed under Current Events, Leukemia

Almost 4 years ago, our then 2-year-old son, Joshua was diagnosed with cancer. Leukemia, to be exact. And that diagnosis is one that folks are blasted with every day. Here are the facts: – Cancer is diagnosed in approximately 12,400 children in the United States each year. – Leukemias and cancers of the brain and [...]

Joshua's Surgery This Morning

Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Leukemia

We’ve been chemo-free since late December. This morning is sort of the final stage in Joshua’s completion of his treatment as he’s having a surgical procedure to remove the port from his chest. When Joshua was first diagnosed with leukemia, one of the first things that happened was the insertion of the port. At least [...]

End of Chemotherapy Party

Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Leukemia

Sunday we celbrated the end of Joshua’s chemotherapy. For 3 1/2 years we have eaten at Chick-fil-a at least once a week. But every time we were there, we had to tell Joshua, “I’m sorry. You can’t play in the playground. The doctors know you could get sick too easily because of the medicine you [...]

Leukemia Reflections – Year 3

Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Leukemia

Yesterday, October 18, marked the 3 year anniversary of our 5-year-old’s diagnosis with leukemia. On the anniversary the previous 2 years, I’ve written a series of reflections from the previous year. In case you want to read them, you can do so here: Diagnosis Post Year 1 Reflections Year 2 Reflections This year is a [...]

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