My Truthful Answer to "Why Bother?" and Other Questions I Overheard at the Coffee Shop
Before I start, I need you to know two things. 1. I love you. I love each of you no matter whether I agree with you, or what decisions you make. My disagreement might "feel" like shaming, but whether it seems like it or not, I do care and respect each of you. I know what it's like to have strong religious convictions that don't seem to make sense to others. I get that. I know what it's like to struggle with making the right medical decisions for my family and wondering which "expert" is really right. When we had to make the decision about whether to proceed with interferon treatment for Moses for stage 3 melanoma I prayed, I agonized, I googled. It was actually a controversial decision at the time and experts were in disagreement as to whether it was helpful or harmful. I wasn't feeling God clearly tell us what to do. If we decided to "watch and wait", would it be on me that I didn't do everything we could? If we decided to do the tre...