Many families who face childhood cancer are single parent families, divorced families, or families where they children are being raised by someone other than their parents. This throws different kinds of difficulties into the equation. These families need extra support and encouragement during this difficult time.
Archie and I have been very blessed with a wonderful marriage. It takes work and commitment, but most importantly it takes putting the Lord first in our lives. The Lord having place above each other and our children.
Archie is a loving husband and father. I really cares about his family and about his role as husband and father. He loves the Lord and is dedicated to seeking His will for our family. He took such good care of Silas, he did whatever he had to do to make sure that things were taken care of while Silas was sick. So often it was Silas and I making the trips back and forth to the hospital and Archie staying home and looking after his mom and Michael, Gideon, and Jason.
He continued working for the first 11 months of Silas' treatment but came home and stayed home in January and did not go back to work until well after Silas passed away. He would have been willing to lose his job to be home with his family, but there was no need to worry about that, he works for some fantastic people who supported him and us in taking the time we needed to be home with Silas. I am so glad that Archie was able to be home where he needed to be, especially during those last few weeks before Silas passed away.
Archie held Silas in his arms the last time he was conscious. It was Friday night and I had been holding Silas in the rocking chair. I needed a break and Silas indicated he wanted to lay on the bed with Daddy. We moved him to the bed, he laid in the crook of Archie's arm and settled down. That was the last time he was responsive. I moved him to the other side of the bed to clean him up a couple of hours later but he was no longer responsive, he died the next afternoon.
I am so blessed to have Archie as a husband, I cannot imagine life without him! He is my best friend. The boys are so blessed to have him as a Daddy too! He really cares about raising them to be godly men and takes time to be with them.
I praise the Lord for Archie!
Happy Birthday Archie!
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