A year ago...

A year ago from today my world came crashing down when my parents walked through the door and gave me and my sister some of the worst news of our life. We had just brought in the new year the day before. It's gonna be a good year, a better year. Well on the 2nd of January my mom had a doctors appointment to get the results of some tests. My parents walk in the front door and they call both me and my sister in the sun room, we can tell they have been crying. And that's when they tell us that mom has cancer. I can't even explain how I felt that day. I think I just felt like this is supposed to happen to me. You hear of people getting cancer, but you never really think it will actually hit that close to home. I don't remember crying that much in my whole life. All I could think is not my mom...will she be here for Mother's Day, or Christmas, or thanksgiving.... It has been a long hard year. But one year later my mom is cancer free, we got another thanksgiving, and Christmas! I can tell you this is probably the most thankful I have been in a very long time. I can see how God has used this experience to bring my family closer to Him and to bring my family closer to each other. So today don't take your family for granted. Love on them. Cause tomorrow you could be the one being told that your closest loved one had cancer. And when bad times do come, it may not be cancer but bad times will come....hold onto Jesus. That's what's gonna get you through. So this year I wanna focus on leaning on Jesus more with my life and just loving my family! Happy New Year everyone!