and drop off a good thought or two ... his wife has taken ill and is in the ICU. She's got a rough road to recovery ahead of her, AT is trying to handle this the best he can, with two little ones, a job, school, etc. and that's tough enough without being mad with worry about the love of his life. Leave some good vibes at his site, in the comments or the shout box. I'm sure he'd appreciate it.
The rest of this post is below the fold. It's best if I keep quiet for now ...
An update ...
things are not good. Pray hard!
Another update! (2:30pm, Nov 4)
Some good news for a change! Pray HARDER! It's working! We just have to BELIEVE! In God, all things are possible!
Updates -
Sunday, Nov 5:
Still a roller-coaster for Jake and BJ
Monday, Nov 6:
It's looking very grim,
but there is still hope. If ever there was to be a miracle, it needs to be now.
Tuesday, Nov 7, 12:30am ...
Pray pray pray! Don't stop! Never let up!
Here is a video of BJ, taken at a recent blogger picnic ...
BJ and the Devil Sticks
Keeping with their Sunday Haiku Tradition:
GAC still sick
Tradition, Sunday Haiku
So here it is, guys.
Joel responded:
Watchfully waiting
strangers are as family
connected with hope.
I put it my two cents also:
A prayer vigil
Our voices are raised to Him
For a life, we plead
And because this intarweb thingy can only go so far in connecting people,
we are gathering this afternoon at the Arboretum in Oak Ridge around 3:30. Please join us if you wish.
Update on the gathering: a very nice, very peaceful time with good friends. Despite our hearts all breaking for Jake and BJ, we found some smiles together. Fellowship. Nature soothes the restless soul. The laughter of children at play eases the wounded heart. Cathy posted pictures
here, and mine are
here.
A blog prayer circle:
Evan at
Mister Orange
Cathy and Doug at
Domestic Psychology and
Reality Me!
Lynne at
Cariad's Realm
Bos and Eaves, the other
Tumorites
Angi,
Citizen Netmom
Jonathan Hickman
newscoma
Meice of
Mike-Henry.com
Michael Silence of
No Silence Here
Melusina of
Mel's Diner, with an amazingly beautiful post
JustJohnny at
KnoxViews
#9 at
Say Uncle
Stormare McKee at
Appalachistan
Joe at
Cup of Joe Powell
Mark Rose of
Right Minded
Busy Mom
Daco, Joel, GBscientist and AnotherThing2
Aunt Bec, Tank Johnson, JaHu, SuperT and Marladusa
... and a whole lot more who have stayed silent in their prayers.
And offline, several people from work ... Lisa, Sam, Daniel, Ron, Steve, David, Tim, Ted ...
The Cedar Springs Presbyterian Prayer Team
I believe in the power of prayer. Please ... join us. Leave a note here or at AtomicTumor's ...
I can't keep up with all the bloggers and everyone that has stopped by AtomicTumor to leave their thoughts and prayers ... there are literally dozens upon dozens of people, most of them strangers, that are keeping BJ in their prayers. Cathy posted a
picture of BJ. The feed that has updated Rocky Top Brigade posts is not updating ... it's hosted at the same server as AT, and the amount of traffic there is enormous.
Some may say it is crass at this time, but Jake does not have a money tree in his back yard. He has been at this job less than a year, and probably doesn't have much paid time off. Even with insurance, there will still be enormous out of pocket expenses as well. If you would be willing to help out with a dollar or two, please email me, lissakay(at)gmail(dot)com to let me know. I can keep track and get something set up so that it will be all accountable and all of it go to Jake, then get back to you on how and where to direct it. If anyone has ideas on how to do this, please let me know.
My rambling thoughts are below:
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I keep thinking about how all this puts a whole new perspective on things ... so many things become trivial bullshit in the face of what Jake is facing. Who the hell cares what some senator thinks about the military? The UT Vols lost ... what? A Game?? Why do we care that some evangelist is a hypocrite? Saddam who? An election tomorrow?
It all seems so meaningless ...
Jake has to be somewhere in the deepest depths of hell. I cannot imagine. The love he is showing for his wife through his words is awe-inspiring. I want to slap my Ex and every man I have ever dated ... all stacked up together, the lot of them aren't a tenth of the man Jake is.
Watching Jake struggle with his beliefs in God ... I have my own issues with God. It seems the Old Guy likes to mess with me quite a bit. I pray for peace in my life, and I am rewarded with more grief. Yet, I still believe. I don't know why.
Today, BJ has taken another turn for the worse. I am stuck here at work where I must maintain my composure. I am praying as hard as I can ...
I'm afraid to check for updates, yet I cannot stop checking ... why this is affecting me so strongly, I do not know. Perhaps because I fear that Jake might lose something so very precious ... something I never had. This is so very sad, and I am so very frustrated that I cannot do anything to help ...
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