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🎗️Just because there’s cancer doesn’t mean there can’t be JOY🎗️

It’s been one year since Jett was diagnosed with B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. One year of chemo, one year of medications, one year of procedures, one year of port accesses, one year of constant hospital visits & stays, one year of learning, & one year of fighting.

And the craziest part is we aren’t even close to being done. We’re not even a year in to a 2.5 year treatment protocol. And so right now, we are still very much in the trenches.

But in this season, there’s something that I am learning about the trenches — God is there too. And joy is there too. And that doesn’t mean it’s not hard, and that doesn’t mean that there’s never deep pain or grief — but it does mean that there’s a constant hope.

It really is the paradox of Christianity — that we can walk through the hardest, most painful, most heartbreaking trials and YET, at the exact same time, we can experience the most genuine hope & joy in Christ. Because we know that He’s with us, and working for our good, and revealing Himself to us in the midst of it.

This year I’ve learned that there really is this inexplicable joy that can only come from seeing Him in the midst of deep pain and suffering. And when I look at my family, all I can see is that joy.

I am so insanely grateful that my sweet friend @sarahashleyphotography captured these pictures of our family in the midst of Jett’s treatment. Because whenever I look back on this season years from now, I wanna remember that there was joy too. That in the midst of all the hard, there really was a deep, undeniable joy that only could’ve come from Christ.

This year wasn’t a guarantee. And it definitely wasn’t owed to us. But we are so grateful to God for every minute that we’ve gotten with our sweet Fighter Jett.

We are so proud of you, sweet boy💛