[Magdalen] Prayers, please for my daughter-in-law

[Esther Williamson]

Adding Jean and family to my prayers.

Esther - 2 time breast cancer survivor.



On 3/15/2015 8:22 PM, Georgia DuBose wrote:
> I have held off on posting this, because my daughter-in-law was very
> specific about not wanting prayer requests on facebook. (I doubt she
> knows I am on an Anglican email list that prays for people. I only
> post requests for prayers on fb if people ask me to, but Jean has no
> way of knowing that, either.)
>
> In any case, after Christmas, Jean was diagnosed with breast cancer,
> which was pretty much all we were told. Last week, son Joe gave us the
> details. It is a lobular invasive carcinoma already in the lymph
> glands, including one next to an artery that cannot be surgically
> removed. The treatment will be chemo, which has begun, then removal of
> both breasts, then radiation. From the description Joe gave, I am
> guessing that it is Stage 3--at least, I am hoping that's what it is.
>
> I have decided to ask for your prayers because I trust that Jean will
> never know that I did, and because it sounds like she really needs
> them. Jean is 43, and our grandchildren Colin and Cecilia are 12 and
> 8. Jean is the head fundraiser for the Leiber Institute in Baltimore,
> which does research on the biochemistry of schizophrenia and other
> brain anomalies.She is trying to keep working while undergoing chemo.
> Joe, who is the head of the department of Housing and Urban
> Development's low-cost housing program, and  has to commute from
> Baltimore to the District to do his job, which has also involved lots
> of travel to HUD low-cost housing sites throughout the United States,
> has a lot to deal with right now.
>
> Please keep Jean, Joe, Colin and Cecilia in your prayers. Also prayers
> for Jean's parents, John and Gillian, would be much appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Georgia+



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