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| | From:  NancyStroo (Original Message) | Sent: 10/13/2008 2:49 PM |
I know most everyone knows someone who's been touched by the awful disease, cancer; I lost both my parents and a brother-in-law to cancer. I found this in an obituary from yesterday's paper and wanted to share it: Cancer is so limited... It cannot cripple LOVE It cannot shatter HOPE It cannot corrode FAITH It cannot kill FRIENDSHIP It cannot suppress MEMORIES It cannot silence COURAGE It cannot invade the SOUL It cannot steal ETERNAL LIFE It cannot conquer the SPIRIT (Author Unknown) |
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| | | From: MomOf4 | Sent: 10/13/2008 4:10 PM |
Thank you for posting that. And just at the right time. On one of my other sites4 year old little girl named Melody had cancer. Melody was full of life and a big ball of energy until about 10 months ago. She became very ill and the doctors could not figure out why. Finally Mom and Dad took her to the Mayo Clinic and the doctors determined that Melody had an inoperable brain tumor. She has gone through all the chemo and radiation but the tumor did not diminish it just got larger and the drugs made Melody very very ill. She passed away yesterday morning. She had a lot of courage. She was worried about her parents more than herself. She was not afraid but perfectly at peace. She was surrounded by her family and friends as she left. Her mom and dad were on either side of her and were holding her hands. Please pray for Melody's family and friends. |
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This is very sad news Rean....I hurts my heart to hear this especially when they are so young. It seems like children are stronger than adults at times, and they have virgin hearts. They are the ones going to be with God, yet they worry about how their parents are going to cope with their death after they are gone....it makes me sad when I hear this because it reminds me of my friends little boy who passed away from cancer at the age of seven. I can't count the number of times I heard him consoling his mother by telling her it was alright and that he wasn't afraid. When he was nearing his last days, I remember him sitting on a blanket on the floor pointing towards the window asking us if we could see God. We couldn't believe what we were hearing because he had been blinded by the cancer so he couldn't possibly see anything. His mom instantly started crying and he told her not to because there were angels waiting for him and they were beautiful. To this day I believe he saw what he saw. I can't even remotely imagine him being able to make something like that up.... especially with him being as sick as he was. I will never forget that day! Prior to his death they had put him on life support like Sherry's son James, and my friend had them take it out because she wanted him to go peacefully and free of all the tubes. He died shortly afterwards, and when he did he looked like he at peace like she had hoped for. It was a decision she made that she knew she would have to live with the rest of her life.....and it's one she has never regreted! |
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| | | From: MomOf4 | Sent: 10/13/2008 11:23 PM |
Yes, children can really surprise us with their courage. My niece had leukemia when she was 5 years old. She went through bone marrow transplants and chemo..and lost all of her hair...but, the was the one consoling people...I remember her telling my mom, her grandmother....Don't worry about me, grandma, I'm going to be ok. And she was..They gave her 6 months to 2 years to live.....she has been cured and is now in her 50's. The doctors told my sister that they don't know what did it....but, we do...good, old-fashioned prayer. |
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When Rachel died, we received this cancer poem in many forms from many people. It's such wonderful words to describe what cancer can't take away! Rachel use to put her little hands on each side of our face, look us square in the eyes and say..."Don't worry...everything will be ok." Bless her heart.....we always worried how to talk to the other children through our tears........well, we needn't have worried......Rachel talked to them all the time and explained things in her childlike way as they were playing..........And for weeks before she died.......there were angels present. In the house.....10 of them......they never left.......and Rachel spoke with them, confided in them and shared with us about them daily. We felt their presence..........and the things Rachel said......well, they were definately things that came from something higher.......not a young 7 year old. Rachel died once when she was 4.....but was revived......and she always made comments about what a nice place Jesus has.......and how nice God was. she said that heaven was a real nice place! We have no doubt that all she experienced, all she saw, all she heard and all she spoke.......was very, very real! And cancer has not been able to take all of those things away......our faith and our hope. Thanks for sharing it Nancy....... Rean.....my sympathy to Melody's family....... God's peace......Cindy |
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My heart is so touched by all of this...I truly believe that children know of their impending death...even with James in a coma...when I would talk to him occasionally a tear would roll down his cheek...he heard me...I know he did....I will say something else...my grandson wasn't born until in October after we lost James in March....Jamari never met James...but on more than one occasion we have heard him talking to somebody....when he was around 2 or 3 and he would say...Umma it's Uncle...don't you hear him...I know by what Jamari would tell me that he has seen and talked to his Uncle...he knew things that he couldn't have otherwise known...Little Melody and her family and friends are in my thoughts and prayers....Cindy my dear you are in my thoughts and prayers also...as is everybody...God bless us all...Sherry |
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