Step by Step

By God's good grace, Uncle John has made a great step forward, literally! He walked 40 feet the other day with the help of a walker and a physical therapist near by. WOW! What an amazing accomplishment for someone who experienced all that John has been through. He is also eating now completely on his own. So hopefully the feeding tube will be out soon.

As we have all witnessed, Uncle John has this incredible resilience that will not be broken. I still remember his face that evening this whole thing transpired, and even then you could tell he was fighting hard to stay a live... and he is still fighting. Each day brings more and more steps in the right direction but he still has a long road ahead. It is nice to finally hear the possibility of him going home is in the near future, whenever that may be.

As someone reminded me today, when things get bad, you just have to keep the faith. Well, this is exactly what the Hannan family and Uncle John have done. Actually we have all done this on John's behalf. As a Christian community, we have come together and helped to keep John and his family lifted up through our prayers and thoughtful actions. The title of this blog is called the power of prayer because I truly believe that God has heard every single breath of prayer since the beginning of this journey. He had a plan all along for Uncle John, but I like to think our prayers helped 'encourage' His plan.

God bless all of you for keeping this family in your daily prayers. Please keep it up! Have a great weekend!