Week 5

I have a friend from high school who has raised her 14 year old niece as if she were her own. A year ago this month the child was diagnosed with a very rare cancer and given a 5% chance of survival. Today, the child is preparing to undergo her final radiation and hopefully remission. She hopefully will beat the odds that she was given in the past. But, my friend has had to step away because she has developed problems of her own. Her chest x-ray was not normal and she has a problem with her thyroid. This has obviously pained her because she has been there every step of the way for her niece. But, she must take care of herself, for her, for her husband, and for her children. She is only 35 and this makes me realize exactly how short life can be, and how things can happen that we don't except that ultimately shape the rest of our lives. I love my friend as if she were my sister and I pray that the Lord sees fit to cure whatever ails her. We all need to be thankful for what we have, especially our health.