Hey everyone. Welcome to this episode of the Duranda Wilson podcast. I'm Duranda, wife to one,

mom to eight, Nana to 12, and 30-year veteran homeschooling mom. I'm also the author of four books,

The Unhurried Grace for a

Mom's Heart, The Four Hour School Day, and Raising Boys to Men. If you haven't checked out all of those

books, I encourage you to do that. They are all on Amazon. They're very budget-friendly,

but loaded with encouragement and inspiration.

So I hope that you will go check those out.

Now, I'm assuming most of you know where I'm at, health-wise, I was diagnosed back in the end of

November with stage four colon cancer that had metastasized to my liver,

a little bit on my bladder, a little bit on my uterus. So I have been fighting that

over the last several months. So podcasting has been a little bit spotty. I've been trying

to be a little more regular. But I've been trying to be a little more regular,

but I just have to do it as the Lord leads simply because my life is full of doctor's appointments

and lots of alternative treatments that I think are actually really being helpful. So your

continued prayers would be really, really appreciated.

I know there are so many out there praying for me, so many who have sent me notes of encouragement.

If you don't keep up with me on social media, maybe you just listen to the podcast.

I recently had a second scan.

So the first scan was the end of March, first scan after my diagnosis. Everything looked greatly improved. It was very encouraging. The last scan I had was

about a week ago, and it was not as encouraging. The original tumor in my colon has grown and the cancer markers have gone up.

Everything else is stabilized at this point. So it's sort of a mixed bag of news. So we are doing a

chemo that is more targeted toward my genetics and this particular type of tumor. So please pray that it is

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