Looking Forward

During the last year and a half our family has been hit with two cancer diagnosis, both Titus and his daddy. You could say that this has been hard on our family and you would be right. No one expects to hear that word, however you would be surprised by just how many people around you are dealing it. When we got the news that Josh had kidney cancer my heart sank and although I imagined the worst (which is hard not to do), I didn’t crumple and give up. The same when we heard that our sweet little guy had leukemia. You can’t just curl up in the corner when you get news like this. You have to fight, and fight hard! Cancer is a beast of this world that seeks to destroy families and take lives. It is a disease that affects many, with treatment that leaves the body reeling, leaving the individual extremely vulnerable. But it is a disease that has to be fought.

A sweet girl by the name of Destiny lost her fight with brain cancer this week. It is not always a battle that can be won here on earth, but that doesn’t mean we should just give up and let it win, no way! God did not make us just to see us give up. He wants us to stand up and put our faith in HIM and NOT GIVE UP.

As a mom my biggest fear is losing my child to to this disease, but because of my faith I know for a fact that this world is not all there is and I find comfort in that. I just want Titus to be 100% healed, to not worry about relapse or secondary cancers, for him to be a strong healthy boy! But I know that things don’t always work out how I want them to. I was listening to the radio this week and they were talking about “blooming where you are planted” and about not waiting around for the next thing to come along, but to live TODAY. This is my goal, to not just wait for him to be better, for everything to get better…but to live today.

We have been, and continue to be blessed by so many, I hope and pray that one day I am able to make a difference for these kids and their families as the road we are on is not an easy one; physically, emotionally, financially, it is hard. Please remember to pray for those little ones who are fighting so hard, little boys like Cooper who is fighting wilm’s tumor and Gabriel who is fighting leukemia, and little girls like Destiny. And please don’t forget Titus.