Faith

Today I met a woman who lost her 2 year old child to Cancer. And although our meeting was brief, she radiated happiness. It was easy to see her laughter was genuine; not the least bit forced. And the reason for her optimism was extremely apparent in her modest hospital office: faith. On her desk sat a quote from arguably one the most influential women of all time, Mother Teresa. The decorative plaque read, "I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much."

Like I said, meeting this woman was brief but even after I went home from work, I kept thinking about her. How difficult it must be to lose a child so young. Sometimes I feel bad for myself, like, whoa is me- my mom has Cancer. But today I realized that although Cancer may feel like something only my family is experiencing, people everyday all over the world encounter the very same disease. And some people, like the woman I met today, aren't lucky enough to win the battle. Yet, there she was, happy.

It is through this woman that I learned how faith is more than just a feeling but rather the belief , a belief in God and his plan. 'Happy Lady' (so sorry, but I don't want to drop names) taught me something in roughly 15 minutes that I THOUGHT I already knew: how to have faith. Thank you, 'Happy Lady,' you have touched me deeper than you'll ever know. Even though our plans and God's might not always line up, ya gotta learn to roll with the punches and keep on believing.

Speaking of happy, mom's CA 125 numbers have dropped AGAIN!!! She is officially sporting a single digit number (bear in mind anything below 30 is excellent, but the doctors are shooting for a number near zero to prevent a relapse.) A CT scan is scheduled as well to ensure they aren't missing anything.

In a nut shell, today was awesome...