Waiting

This has been the summer of waiting. It started with waiting for the wedding and all the fun and guests to arrive. Then we decided to put our house on the market and we waited for the phone to ring for a showing hoping that this would be the person who would buy it. Then we waited for Whitney to go into labor and when she did, we waited 2 days for the end. Nate finally came into the world and then we waited a week to see him. The day we came home from Virginia, it looked like we had a buyer and we waited to hear from them about so many things. There is a 10 day waiting period to see if they change their mind. Now we are waiting to move. One afternoon, a few weeks back, I was frustrated with waiting and went and was lounging in the pool. The phone rang and it was my sister saying she has cancer. Now we wait with her for surgery and whatever else comes. She had 2 more tests run last week that showed abnormal cells in 2 other places on her body. We are waiting to see what that means. She was planning on moving to Germany and now she says she is not making any more plans because they just keep falling apart. She is just waiting. And we wait with her, praying.