Lost a very close friend of mine this past weekend to Cancer. Although it is a great loss of a young man, he out lived what all the doctors had told him. You see, last September Mike was diagnosed with terminal bone cancer and was told he would not make it 6 weeks. He underwent some surgeries and was put on Chaemo therapy and we prayed that he would see it through to Thanksgiving. All our hopes and prayers were answered as Thanksgiving came and went and Mike was looking better and better. He asked the Lord to let him see one more Christmas with his family and he was granted that time, but only to take a turn for the worst and was given only to New Years. Well, he was given the strength and out lived that that date as well. His next milestone was to live to see his youngest sons 16th birthday as he has an older son in college and God also gave him that strength and saw his son grow a little older. Mike underwent blood transfusions like we might take a shower, they were all the time and were a small glimmer of hope. Mike then took a turn for the worst 2 weeks ago and had fallen and hurt his hip badly. Now this is a 52 year old man in the prime of his life, married with 2 great kids and a wonderful wife. Yesterday, on our way back from the beach, my wife got the call we had been waiting for. Mike was gone. You see, Mike had been put on so many pain pills for the hip pain as well as the Cancer, that all he had done for the past 2 weeks is sleep. I have been very lucky to have know Mike for the past 14 years and will always remember his kind laughter and small time jokes, as Mike was a genuine "nice guy". I will surely miss Mike as many others will as well, but the Lord knew it was his time to be out of his pain and misery and is now pain free. God love this man and we have and always will. Gregg
