Bad news is popping up all around me. Friends and family are all experiencing little, and big, issues of their own. I want to be supportive and yet it is hard not to get depressed about it all.
I arrived to work today to some devastated news of a dear co-worker’s husband. After a long fight, it has been confirmed that there is no winning of this battle against his cancer. It hit me hard – like a slap in the face.
I have prayed for them often – that this would not be the case. I know that my prayers were heard. Why wasn’t my unselfish request granted? I’m sorry to be feeling so negative right now. It’s just not fair.
I wish that I could help this dear friend. I wish that I could make it better, or easier, for her. But I know that I can’t. We have got to find a cure for cancer…somehow. It won’t be for my husband, or her’s. But there are so many more out there that desperately need a miracle. They scary thing is that they might not even know it.
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Anyhow, it isn’t eloquent but it is very heartfelt. And you are right – it is not fair. It is so very unfair.
Man do I HATE cancer…it’s so hard hitting and relentless.
Life has never been fair. It’s not fair for cancer victims, millions of starving people, thousands of people blown up every day by their fellow humans in the name of God. Could we get depressed by all this. Sure we could, but I choose not to. I choose to make the best of life as best I can on any given day, and if I have some to spare, and I almost always do, then I will stop to pick up my fellow man. Because that’s who I am.
I agree. Jasmine’s Girl Scout troop (and thier families)walked (tripped, fell, etc…) the Race for the Cure this past Saturday and it is just awful to see so many young people especially, who have been affected by the disease, despite seeing many of our own family and friends captured by it. People in general seem to be falling all around us these days. All we can do is live the best we can and enjoy the moments we do have here on this earth and pray if it hits us….it is not a long drawn out painful path. Love you!
It took my mother away from me when I was 25. She suffered bravely for nearly 15 years with various forms of it. Ug. It is all around us but then again there is so much to hope for too. Hang on.
i’m so sorry.
I hate the c word. I don’t understand it at all. (((HUGS)))
And surprisingly heart disease is actually the number one killer. While waiting for a cure for diseases, all we can do is be active and take good care of ourselves and encourage our loved ones to do the same. Take care Julie!