...aaaaaand, we're back. (Announcements)

I'm still sorting through all the changes, but I think for the most part, the move was successful. If you see anything strange (and, by that I mean "out of the ordinary" for us) please let me know.

Mackinac Island trip pictures coming soon...

A Change is Gonna Come... (Announcements)

I'm in the process of moving HendersonHome.net to an actual, honest-to-gosh hosting service. That way, it can be taken care of by people who know what they are doing. I hope that there will be little to no interruption of this blog, but that's not the way things tend to work.

So, if you some here and see something unexpected, please be patient. Come back later, 'k?

Tom

Twittering (Announcements)

Sometimes, when we have the big appointments with Ian's oncology team (like we do next week), there's an urge to get any news out quick, just so people can either rejoice, or now how to pray. To that end, I've started a Twitter feed, as a place that we can post to before we're able to get home to a computer. As if you needed another place to look, check out http://twitter.com/hendersonhome on Monday and Tuesday to see the latest news.

As a Friend Said..."This Sucks" (Ian, Announcements)

Ever since we got back from Florida, we've noticed some recurring tumor symptoms. At first, we thought that Ian was just exhausted from the trip, and that was bringing on the symptoms.

Unfortunately, we found out today that his tumor is growing, and growing quickly. There are no long-term options at this point. Please be in prayer for all of us over the next few days, as Deb and I will be having a difficult conversation about the best thing to do for Ian's quality of life.

We are fully confident that our God is good, and is powerful, and will be with us through this time. Also, we take joy in the fact that Ian has a clear and definite faith in Jesus; in fact, he will be baptized a week from Sunday. He is very excited about this, as are we.

Recently, Deb and I have noticed changes in our son, Ian. Dizziness, loss of balance, sore throat, and one of his eyes wasn't tracking with the other. We initially thought that this was an inner ear disturbance, plus a sinus infection. We were urged by two doctors to have an MRI. After it was done yesterday, we were given a horrible prognosis. Ian has a tumor in his brain stem. It is malignant. The tumor is placed deep enough that it is inoperable. We will start radiation treatments in less than two weeks. The treatments will be aggressive (5 times/week for 6 weeks).

Please keep us in your prayers. We will need them more than ever. Deb has set up a Caring Bridge page for the latest news; it's at http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/ianhenderson. Also, I will be blogging here more an more.

Test Post

Welcome to the Henderson Home chronicles.

I got tired of the old site's style; like a room from 1982, the decor had grown dated. Also, I was sick of having to program everything by scratch. I program for work, for Pete's sake; why should I do it just to have to share some pictures?

So, I started investigating different blogging tools to install on my home server. The requirements were easy:

1. It has to be free
2. It should be easy to use
3. It can't cost any money.
4. I need the posts to be easy to maintain
5. Must be free

I settled on the services of Blogger. It's posting to my own server (so I can back things up as I see fit), it looks nice, and it's easy to use.

Oh, yeah, and it's free.

So, when I get a few free (as in available) moments, I'll start putting up the family pictures...