I promise, I’m sick.
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The Castillo Family
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The Castillo Family
Sometimes you catch me in a good moment—an hour, or maybe just a minute—and I feel like such a liar.
You might see me at Target pick-up, but what you don’t know is that I’m too scared to step inside.
You may hear I went out for a nice dinner, but you don’t hear about the many nights I can’t make it to the table.
You see I still have my hair, but you’ll never know the pain it took to try to hold onto it.
You wave when I’m outside picking tomatoes, not realizing it’s the first time I’ve been upright all day.
You see me worship at church, but you don’t see the Sundays I worship from my recliner.
You see my smile, maybe even hear me laugh—but you’ll never know how many tears came before it.
Every small victory matters. Every laugh after the tears, every prayer whispered from my recliner, every step outside when I thought I couldn’t—reminds me that healing is possible.
Prayer Requests
My boys. Teddy is starting first grade next week and Ben has started 3k preschool. Please pray for these transitions to go smoothly and that both feel confident and secure quickly.
Alex. He is currently working bizarre hours, like be at work at 3:45am bizarre. He’s exhausted! It’s on an off chemo week, so navigating mornings with the boys is a bit easier, that is a praise! Thankfully, this shift will only be for a few days. Please pray for endurance, rejuvenating rest and that he would feel encouraged.
Labor Day weekend. Pray for us to have a fun filled family weekend before the next phase of my treatment. That I will feel good enough to participate in activities and that we will make some core family memories.
Thank you for sticking with us on this journey. The cancer journey is hard, long and sometimes lonely.
We love you all,
Elly
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