Hey Friends,
I hope you had a great week and really enjoyed each day! Living in the moment and being thankful for each day instead of wishing it could be the weekend. That said .. it's here :) I hope you take a break from the stressors of work/life and get in some good quality time with those you love!
I'll be doing the usual...being lazy with my husband! We've gotta start being a little more productive around the house on the weekends. So maybe we will knock out a project or two .. maybe not .. ha! It's hard to do too much right now though because we have put any "house spending" on hold until our home in Nashville sells!
I say be lazy .. but I have gym sessions on the weekend too! The grind never stops! Today is an endurance based lower body lift. So it takes tons of energy! With every rep I will be lifting up and for a little 3 year old that should be outside enjoying the sunshine and playing ... but instead he is inside of a hospital recovering from surgery after having a cancerous tumor removed. He has a LONG road ahead of him. Let's send him all kinds of love.
Prep With Purpose - August 20, 2016: Luke Nelson
This is Luke Nelson. He is three years old and loves Spiderman, The Hulk, Batman and his sisters :) He is recovering from a surgery he had on Wednesday to remove of a cancerous tumor on his kidney. The type of tumor he has is called - Neuroblastoma tumor. The family has a Facebook Page where they are keeping everyone up to date. Here is the latest update as of Friday:

We are so so thankful for all the prayers everyone has been lifting up for our son. We thank God that He is such a good, good God and that He has been raining down His love and mercy on us. Through Luke's entire cancer journey we have wanted to make sure that we are keeping Christ at the center of it. We are called to glorify Him in every circumstance, not just the good times but also the tough times. These last few months have been the toughest of our lives. Watching Luke fight a cancer that is trying to take over his body and kill him, being separated from our daughters, having to take an extended time off work for Clint, having to give up homeschooling our oldest daughter right now for me, all of this has been hard. But the greatest thing we can do in all those hard times is to glorify Him, praise Him, worship Him, thank Him and trust in Him. We daily choose FAITH over fear and put all our hope and trust in the one who made us. We are on our knees still today, thanking Him for guiding Dr. LaQuaglia in surgery, thanking Him for Luke recovering so well so far, thanking Him for all He has done for us. We thank God for His great love for us and for how He has answered every single one of our prayers.

Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from Him. Truly He is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress. I will never be shaken.
~Psalm 62:1-2~
~Psalm 62:1-2~
Obviously little Luke has a really long road to recovery. Today lets lift up and for this sweet little guy. Let's be grateful for our ability to be active, our ability to get outside and enjoy the fresh air, to go about life today without THIS kind of worry and stress.
Hopefully he and his family will feel the extra love!
A Go Fund Me Page has also been set up for the family if you feel led to donate.
XoXo
Stacy
I am currently OUT of people to feature. If you know someone that has an urgent or ongoing need for lifting up .. please let me know! simplystacyfitness@yahoo.com
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