Please help Mark's family during current struggles

From Dec. 23-31 I was in and out of the hospital fighting mental health sickness. You may have noticed I haven't been on Facebook much at all over the last few weeks; this is why. I would normally never ask for help but my mental health affects my wife and kids too. As some of you know, Mandy has been battling stage 4 cancer for over ten years, after being given an expected 18-month life expectancy. We are thankful that she recently had a clear PET scan. This means her cancer is currently in remission. She still has chemo every three weeks and will for the rest of her life (hopefully decades). We are thankful to God and those who helped us in the past. I mention this for two reasons: One, that you can share in thanking God with us for keeping Mandy with us. And, two, that you understand a bit of the hardships that have not helped my mental health. I do not take asking for help lightly.

It humbles me that so many of you appreciate my attempts at humor and I would love nothing to get back to doing that. That's one reason I'm asking for help. Another reason is that we are looking into alternative therapies for mental health disease and those therapies can be expensive. So if you want to see more of me back on Facebook, please consider helping by giving, sharing, and/or simply praying for me as I continue to fight this. If you hate me, consider giving because you feel bad for my wife and children.

Thank you!

-Mark D. Ehlke