It
has been a week of an unexpected blessing and a profound sadness.
My
sister-in-law, Sandy, received good news on Wednesday after her PET scan came
back showing she is currently cancer-free. A few months ago, she was diagnosed
with both stage 4 liver and lung cancer. Through prayers and rounds of chemo,
which will continue until scheduled rounds are completed, my family is
celebrating.
I received a call Friday morning from the daughter of a good friend, a sister really, telling me her mother had passed the day before. Carla was more than a friend; she was a confidant, sister, muse, critique partner—she was many things to many people. Carla and I had been through many ups and downs together throughout our lives since the mid-1980s, our kids are the same age, and we shared our heartaches and our triumphs. In a dream on Saturday morning between 7 and 9 (I have a morning routine so I know the timeframe), I tore down a huge wasp nest on the inside of a door causing honey to stream down the walls and drip from the ceiling on me. Dreaming about honey represents many things, in this case, I believe it was Carla letting me know she is with her mom, whose nickname was Honey. To say I miss my friend tremendously is an understatement.
Please keep both families in your thoughts and prayers as they venture on their healing journeys.
My message this week is to keep
your family close. Push those bad feelings aside. Love one another. Cherish
every moment with loved ones, because we never know when God
will call them home.
I
can never thank you enough for continuing to read these snippets into my life
as an author. I hope I haven’t bored you too much with them. 😊 After all,
other’s lives are never as glamorous as we may think they are.
Maxine
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