the faith

the faith

it is easy to quickly turn negative when things go wrong or you have a really bad day, the true challenge is in staying positive and keeping faith. faith that everything in the end will be as it should and all will be good.

our family was delivered some horrible news today. my amazing mom, a recent breast cancer survivor, had been dealing with a numb arm and increasingly numb leg after a fall about a week ago. she was rapidly losing control over the left side of her body, but maintained a happy attitude. (she and my sister would make jokes about her acting like the hunch back of Notre Dame.) doctors had arranged for a neck and brain scan a week out, but a couple days passed and she was not getting better, so my sister took it into her own hands and made my mom go to the ER.

after seeing the CT scan the doctor concluded that my mom has two tumors in her brain. i was/still am devastated...it was not supposed to be cancer again. it was supposed to be a pinched nerve or something more simple and straight forward, why cancer? why my mom? hasn't she been through enough? of course these questions don't have an easy answer.

i am left only with faith that God has an amazing plan for my mom and if this obstacle is part of her journey, then so be it. i know my mom will get through this. i know that with her faith, strength, and the support of her family and friends, she will conquer this like she has everything else.

in the meantime, i ask that you keep her in your prayers and remember to keep the faith.