Saturday, October 10, 2009

Cyber Cancer Connections

Hello dear family and friends!

The last few months I have begun connecting with cancer patients all over America. This has been a huge blessing to me. I follow the blogs of several other women who have been impacted by cancer. They are all ages and stages and their words have been a tremendous encouragement to me. Some of those sites I am now listing on my blog page.

Through the Tshirt ministry, I have also become aware of 5 children battling cancer. I follow their caringbridge sites faithfully. I am involved right now in doing care packages for two of them and grieving the loss of one of them who just died yesterday. Her name was Sammie. She was a young girl I never met who lived on the other side of the country, yet her story has touched me deeply. I know she is in heaven now and I feel such sadness for her family.

I cannot tell you how often I have read posts from the other women survivors or the families of these children battling cancer and just cried. Cancer is so cruel.

I pray for all of these cyber cancer connections daily. Even though they are people I have never met I am constantly amazed by their strong faith and their courage in the face of adversity. God bless them all. Lots of love,

Kerry

1 comment:

  1. Kerry,

    I am sorry for the loss Sammie's family has endured. God must make his presence so real to those families. I can think of no other way anyone could cope with so much loss.
    Cancer is so difficult. The stunning diagnosis, followed by doctor appointments, surgeries, treatments and further tests. How can someone find a "new normal" in the midst of so much?
    The doctor appointments and treatments introduce a group of people dealing with similiar difficulties, if not worse. It must seem so overwelming.
    Cancer was not my plan for your life, Kerry. I want everything to be happy and easy for you. I want you to be healthy and feel great all the time. I did not want chemo, radiation and surgery for you. It broke my heart to watch.
    Cancer was not my plan for your life, Kerry, but it was God's plan. I also know that God equipped you for this journey. I know that you will leave a little bit of yourself with everyone you touch. They will be blessed.
    Take care of yourself, Kerry.
    Remember how much we all love you,

    Mitzi

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