A Christmas letter in July (news about my dad’s cancer and what he taught me about prayer)
I titled this post “a Christmas letter in July” because the first part will read like the letters my parents send out with their Christmas cards every year.
Yes, my parents still send out a “Christmas letter” (and it’s delightful).
If you’re too young to know what I’m talking about, a Christmas letter is what people used to send before email and social media. A family’s annual Christmas letter reports all the big news from the year before.
The big news in this “Christmas letter in July” from the Irwin family is that my dad’s cancer is back being gone for five years. The difference is that this time, it is all over his body and not just in one place. The doctors tell us that the best they can do is make Dad comfortable and try to prolong his life using treatments like chemotherapy and immunotherapy. These treatments could keep him alive for a few months or a few years.
I feel bad...