My loving bride won her courageous fight of faith this morning. She passed away peacefully at 9:55 a.m. with me by her side.

I’ll give a full tribute and update at a later time but for now am enjoying God’s presence with my immediate family.

Thank you for all of your love, support and prayers throughout our journey. You are loved and appreciated.

Patrick MacNamara

Hi, everyone. This is Gena, Tina’s little sister. I have been a guest author here before, back in November 2014. I came from Hawaii to spend some time with Tina during her initial clinical trial, and while I was here at that time, she asked me to update the blog as she regained her strength.

At this time, I have come home on emergency leave from a project in Uzbekistan to spend quality time with Tina, and although she doesn’t have the strength to write herself, she is, as Tina always is, concerned about others, particularly those of you who are faithful to her blog and her story.
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I’ve tried to figure out how to recap everything that has happened since my last update so I could catch you all up, but these last few months have been such a circus it would take me days to write about it and it would take you days to read about it.

So here’s where we are going to pick up . . .
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I love January. Not because of the weather (although I enjoyed the extra day with the kids due to an unexpected snow day on Friday).

I love the promise of a new beginning. A clean slate. An opportunity to start all over. January gives us a blank canvas and another opportunity to create something beautiful and pleasing to God with our lives throughout the next 12 months.

In the last weeks of the year we were assaulted with so many opinions regarding my health. Doctors and their opinions. I’ve had enough of both. *insert eye roll*
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