Regarding my mother, Maura Mullane Timko: IMPORTANT!!
Hey guys, there has been some confusion about my mom's well-being, so I wanted to clarify and let you guys know that she is indeed alive. This will be on her timeline so people can know this.
Thank you to everyone who are sharing memories, saying thank you to my mom, and just offering condolences. It is really blessing my family and I; we read all of them. You are welcome to continue making these posts, and hopefully because of this one, there will be no more confusion.
The reason that there is confusion is that my father sent out an email to an email list, who have been receiving frequent updates regarding my mother's cancer over the past year or so. The latest update was something to the effect of "Maura is likely to see the Lord soon, and her condition is deteriorating." A lot of people responded, knowing this context, either via email, Facebook or both. However, people have read the Facebook posts (the ones that were in response to the email) without knowing about my father's latest email, and therefore, the context. Because of this, there are people who have a *very reasonable* misunderstanding that my mother has already passed away. I'm more than glad to make aware this misunderstanding to you, and let you know that she is fine as of right now.
I would also like to let you know how I see everything. I still have full faith that God will heal her, yet at the same time, I am *amicable* with any outcome of the situation (which means I, in a way, disagree with some of my father's statements that he made in the email, implying she will pass away soon. At the same time, I understand where he is coming from). The doctors gave her 2-3 weeks at most. That was about 5-6 weeks ago. They gave her 3-9 months, when she was first diagnosed... That was over a year ago. I believe that God is bigger than her cancer, though whatever happens, I know she will be fine. Maura either gets to stay with us a little longer, or she gets to be with Jesus forever. It's a win-win situation in my mind, it is just emotionally difficult seeing her go through this and seeing her mentally deteriorate. I have also received confirmation in many ways about her receiving healing, some of which are really cool stories that are unfortunately too long to tell in a post like this, but if you are interested, just message me privately.
Finally, as you might expect, this is a very strange time for my family and I because all of our reactions, responses, and emotions are nothing like what we expected, for better or for worse. I know that for me, this is uncharted emotional territory and therefore, very confusing. I sometimes don't know what to feel, and Satan has been trying to deceive me and convince me that my being okay with whatever happens is actually just apathy for my mom, though I know that is a lie because I love my mom. God has given us this peace that surpasses all understanding, yet there is still fear and grief. So, in addition to prayers for healing you have all been so generously praying, I would *greatly* appreciate it if you asked the Lord to eradicate all of that fear and grief as well, and for us to be completely and totally at peace, my mom included. Thank you everyone for being with us in this time
❤️❤️. In the future, we will look back fondly and see all of the people - you people who were there for us.