I don't think that I could have ever been prepared for the trials that beset my family this past year. Last November my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. This was the first person I knew personally to be diagnosed with any type of cancer. I was not prepared for the trials that lay ahead for my mother. I was not prepared to stand by and watch her go through the horrible treatments to beat this cancer. She spent the next four months going through chemo. I never dreamed that something that is supposed to make you feel better could make you feel so crummy. I felt completely helpless as I watched her get so sick and then start to feel better only to get sick again. My heart goes out to all those out there who have suffered through chemo treatments. As my mother was finishing up her treatments we got news that my grandmother was diagnosed with cancer (a type of ovarian cancer). Her tumors where in the lining of her body cavity so when she had them removed she was cut open down the center of her body. As I went to visit her in the hospital I was overwhelmed at how much pain she was in and she still has some more chemo treatments to undergo. I will always remember cancer victims in my prayers each night as I have watched two people who are very close to me suffer through this horrible disease. I thank my Father in Heaven for my own clean bill of health.
