October 9, 2025 Why at this Age?

I was recently asked why am I going back to school at my age? Short answer is I want to continue to serve the Lord, and do it well. I am now 71 years old, so close to 72 I can smell  it! This year I extended my Univrsity studies and decided to try for another scholarship, for which I recived several.  Some full tuition and other partial paid tuition, but I am satisfied with the blessings God gave me. I have been facilitating Greifshare for 2-1/2 years now, going on my 10th Cycle, facilitating and/or attending. I am also going on my 5th Cycle of DivorceCare, and I have been blessed with the Holy Spirit when God decided I needed to serve and made this my calling.  The courses I am taking through Light University will help me tremendously in helping others in need.  I've always known God had a plan, but until He revealed to  me what He wanted me to do, I had no clue. I am truly blessed to be learning new ways to help, at this age. 

My curriculum at Light University are accelerated course in Christian Mental Health Coaching. I have 12 courses to complete this year.

1.    C-MHC-101        Foundations of Mental Health Coaching to finish by 08/26/2026

2     C-MHC 201        Mental Health Coaching Skills to finish by 08/26/2026

3.    C-MHC-301        Mental and Behavioral Health Disorders to finish by 08/26/2026

4.    PMHC-101          Professional Mental Health Coaching  to finish by 08/21/2026

5.   PMHC-201           Professional Menal Health Coaching to finish by 08/21/206

6.   HFC-101              Human Fourishing Coach to finish by 08/20/2026

7.  HFC-201               Human Flourishing Coach to finish by 08/20/2026

8.  MFRL-MINI        Marriage and Family: Mini Course by 09/25/2025     COMPLETED

9.   TWM 2.0             The Weight Management Challenge 2.0 to finish by 10/02/2026

10. NBGR 2.0           Neurobiology of Grief 2.0 to finish by 10/02/2025

11. PLC101-2            Professional Life Coaching 101 to finish by 10/09/2026

12. PLC201-2            Professional Life Coaching 201 to finish b 10/09/2026

My prayer is that God gives me the time, health and energy to finish these courses, and help many people who are in need with Mental Health Problems, lead them to know Christ, and if it is more than I can handle, give me the wisdom to refer them to a Professional Counselor that can help them. 

 It's the year 2025 now! Wow did I miss the boat? It's been a long while since I even thought about my blog.  We have gone from diagnosis, chemo treatments, surgeries and death all from 2019 thru 2021.  Along with that, the catastrophic Covid struck the entire nation in 2020. The whole world shut down, isolated, and worried they would die.  Many did die, alone, in a hospital, or in their homes, from contracting this horrible disease.  People that were still able to go to work had to wear masks.  The whole nation was unrecognizabe with half their face covered. They were trying times.  For those suffering from the Big C, like my husband, it was necesary only to be out to go to the Cancer Center in the next town to get his required Chemo Treatments (Why is the work "treat" in "Treatments"? There is no treat doing any kind of treatment, and most of the time they make you feel worse!). I digress! My grandson was chosen with his school choir to sing and perform at Distney in January of 2020, and he did an awesome job. They didn't come back with Covid, so it was just starting and they were spared. Then life went on, we did our weekly trips to Thibodaux for chemo treatments, came home with a pump for 48 hours and then back to have it removed.  Week after week, the routine was the same.  Then my brother died on June 14, 2020, and our worlds changed once again.  The Coroner said it was a heart attack, we suspect Covid.  I was only allowed the 1 hour family visit bereavment time alloted at the funeral home. I miss my brother terribly.

Fast forward to January 2021. Chemo treatments are going as expected. Then one day in February, the blood work comes back addressing an insufficientcy with the kidneys.  My husband was asked to see his Urologist because something was starting to block the tube betweek the bladder and the kidneys.  So he saw the Urologist and was schedules as out patient surgery to have a stent put in to remedy the situation. Went home, had big blood clots to deal with, eventually healed and back to the Oncologist for chemo.  Oncologist asks if the mass that was obstructing the kidney was biopsied>NOPE! So two weeks post op we had to see Urologist again and this time, he was sceduled to a re-section of a benign mass that was old scar tissue from a procedure done when my husband was 24 years old.

More to come, later...

Well, the surgery for re-section of the non cancerous tumor had to be done before the Oncologist could continue chemo treatments because if it had been cancerous, it would have meant that the chemo he was getting wan not doing the job.  Unfortunately, he nevet got another treament for Cancer because he stayed in the hospital from March to the 26th of April when they sent us home on Hospis.  My husband, Daniel P. Crochet (Joe) died in our home on May 19, 2021 when his body wouldn't let him fight death any more. I watched my husband die for 5-1/2 weeks. I watched him suffer, in excruciating pain because he didn't want to leave me behind. I watched a CNA wash the skin clean off the most private parts of his body, and I changed his colostomy bag for the last time, just as I had every week since his diagnosis and surgery to save hi life. I have no doubt in my mind that he loved me dearly. He waited until his body gave out before he took his last breath. I felt relief that he was now in the hands of Jesus Christ, as a true believer, and no longer in pain. I know that I will see him again in Heaven when Jesus comes again ad takes us all home, but our relationship will be different, but love will be amongst everyone!