Cancer

Don't let the title freak you out, I'm fine! This is just a topic I felt in my heart to write about.

The word cancer means something to everybody.

Chances are if you haven't been affected by it, someone you know or love has.

I HATE it, and you will never see me use the word hate..but I think it's totally justified here. Cancer sucks. I will never be able to understand it. It can change the course of a life forever. It can take a life forever.

It just plain sucks.

Yesterday a very close co-worker of my Mom and close family friend was diagnosed with cancer. She has been in the hospital for at least a week or more. She was having pain in her back and dealing with other health issues and was finally admitted to the hospital. They then ran a bunch of tests on her and then she heard the dreaded word... cancer. The cancer is in the bones and multiple places. It will literally take a miracle to beat this. Her life being changed in an instant. The life of her family being changed in an instant.

But instead of asking the whys like most of us would.... You know what my mom told me? She's not throwing a pity party but instead she's saying you know, it is what it is and I'm going to take it one day at a time. God is in control. She is so strong in her faith.

How many of us would say the same? I can honestly say I would hope I will be able to hold steadfast in my faith, but when it boils down to it, if I were in the same position I just don't know how I would react if I were told that kind of news.

I will say this. Hearing stories like this puts things majorly into perspective. How could it not? When my mom told me the news I started crying and as I thought about this sweet friend throughout the day I couldn't help but cry each time. A life forever changed and a future so uncertain as she fights this battle. It makes me want to live life for today and with passion because you just never know what tomorrow holds and tomorrow might be too late. The course of your life could be changed forever and you could be in the battle of your life, no matter what that battle it, whether it be cancer or something else.

Live for today. Live for those sweet moments with your family and friends that will be gone in a fleeting second. Live for the small things and don't keep waiting for the next big thing.

Live like you mean it.

If you're willing to share, how has cancer affected you personally? For me, my Grandpa whom I never met died from lung cancer when I was just a baby and my Aunt is a breast cancer survivor. Thought this could be a way to encourage those who have fought the fight or are fighting the fight

Some lose the fight, some win.

It's a fight I hope one day has a cure!