by Jim Tierney | Jan 5, 2020 | Fortitudine
“…he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength…” (1 Cor 10:13)Dear Family and friends,I guess I could just call 2019 a year of firsts. It has been a lot to manage, but we ended the year in a good place and are really feeling great...
by Jim Tierney | Nov 11, 2019 | Fortitudine
“The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice.” (Prov 23:24)Dear family and friends,My proudest moment as a dad came yesterday after living in the hospital for 2 straight days while our 2 year old son George heals from meningitis. If you...
by Jim Tierney | Oct 28, 2019 | Fortitudine
“Let thy mercy come to me, that I may live.” (Ps 119:77)Dear family and friends,No health updates in this one, just finishing ideas I meant to discuss in the last post. The last post dealt with “doing a good job” as a cancer patient,...
by Jim Tierney | Oct 5, 2019 | Fortitudine
“For thou, O Lord, art my hope.” Ps 71:5Dear Family and Friends,Lots has been going on since my last check-in, and I think Kendra would say that when compared with some previous periods, I have been doing a better job. For one, I got Kendra to...
by Jim Tierney | Aug 16, 2019 | Fortitudine
“Come and hear, all you who fear God, while I recount what has been done for me.” Ps 66:16Dear Family and Friends,I know I haven’t written anything in a while, and it’s been touching to have many people reach out recently with personal check...
by Jim Tierney | Jun 9, 2019 | Fortitudine
“He … set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.” (Ps 40:2)Dear family and friends,I got good news this week. The CT scan I had on May 31 came back as “stable, no change.” Short of a miraculous eradication of the...
by Jim Tierney | May 7, 2019 | Fortitudine
“If a man’s hair has fallen from his head, he is bald but he is clean.” (Lev 13:40)Dear family and friends,When they told me I might experience temporary bald spots in the areas where the radiation passed through, I figured the Pentateuch might have something...
by Jim Tierney | Apr 20, 2019 | Fortitudine
“A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter: he that has found one has found a treasure.” Sir 6:14Dear family and friends,I’m about 10 days in to the new medications and have no real side effects so far. In the first couple days I had a few areas of...
by Jim Tierney | Apr 10, 2019 | Fortitudine
“Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters; they saw the deeds of the Lord, his wondrous works in the deep.” Psalm 107:23-4Dear Family and Friends,Easiest day yet. Radiation took about 20 minutes, so I didn’t...
by Jim Tierney | Apr 9, 2019 | Fortitudine
“[He] set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.” Psalm 40:2Dear Family and Friends,Radiation session 2 was fine, feel fine, no side effects or anything. The session was shorter, so the head pain, though it kicked in at the end, did not last...
