Drew's basketball team has decided to honor their former coach (meaning he coached the team last year but has stepped down for this year), Coach Veurink with their shoelaces this season. The purple is for his Pancreatic Cancer....the royal blue, for his beloved team Duke.
We took a few pictures today to share with Gailen. He was not able to be there, he is home from the hospital after nearly 2 weeks in. He is not feeling great due to the chemotherapy among other things. Please continue to pray for him.
This is his son, Grant. I would ask that you would pray specifically for him and his sisters. Today at the game, a little after half time he was roughed up a bit,and started crying. When he came out of the game, he sat on the bench with Scott (who is helping coach the team) he sobbed and sobbed. Scott put his arm around him and he looked over at Scott and said "I want my Dad, I don't want to play any more of the game." While fighting tears in his own eyes, Scott told him that was fine and he finished the game sitting next to Scott. Ugh heartbreaking for those who were watching....and made many of us cry. Gailen has ALWAYS been Grant's basketball coach, ALWAYS, so the fact that he isn't coaching this year, AND of course the fact that he is sick with cancer and couldn't even be at the game and neither could his Mom, was so hard.
Pray.
Love the tribute to Gailen, but my heart hurts for Grant and Erika and Sarah.
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