Brother is Effected

As our world focuses more acutely on Dempsey and his cancer journey, we are reminded that Sawyer is effected too.

Sawyer is such a sensitive boy by nature. Always wanting to please people and make them happy. He wants justice and is quick to give mercy. So, when little brother Dempsey is dealing with chemotions, Sawyer is left in the wake of his anger, frustration, sadness, or other not-so-pleasant emotions.

Sawyer knows in his head that Dempsey's struggle is big and seemingly eternal. However, the emotional sting of unkind words, even when he logically knows they are are unfounded, hurts. It hurts and his heart has a hard time reconciling Truth from emotional fiction. Dempsey has this problem too.

So often emotions run HIGH and it takes intentional grounding of ourselves with physical connection, quite space sharing, momentary separation, or verbal processing to center them. This is EXHAUSTING. Lots of tears. Lots of questions. Lots of "I don't know". Lots of "I don't have words". Just... lots.

Please keep Sawyer in your prayers too. Pray specifically for protection over his heart and his mind. He has been preyed upon by dark forces for most of his life. He is annointed and that makes him a target for such attacks. I work with him on rebuking the darkness and the voices that feed negativity into his sweet 9yr old mind. I give him words to use as tools and weapons of defense in that fight. Admittedly he is weak sometimes and has a hard time with endurance. In those moments may our prayers fill in the gap and fight for him.

He is the best brother Dempsey could have. A heart of gold and a sweet, gentle spirit. He will do great things for the Kingdom- he already is.

Not Okay

This morning Sawyer, Daddy, and I had tea. Sawyer and I had tea lattes (tea with milk) and Daddy Jake just had tea. Mint tea. Sawyer smelled it and said "That's just not okay."

Coffee cake... that's okay.

Cherry Lime gum... that's okay.

Mint tea? Not okay.

As if he's the end all be all of "good taste". LOL He cracks me up.

Brother Love

"I don't know what I did to deserve Dempsey as a brother." ❤️

This, after some emotional and verbal bumps in the day.

Cancer really has put things into perspective for all of us. These boys are remarkable.

I am blessed to mother these two.