We prayed for a miracle which God granted in heaven. Daily we walk the path of grief, ever leaning on Jesus for our comfort. Until we meet again Millie, always remember you are forever loved and missed!

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป

 



Amidst rising fears in our country about the upsurge of another wave of Covid-19 and the Omnicron Variant, there is ongoing talk of reinstating social distancing precautions, mask mandates, and mandatory vaccines. School districts all around us are going back to virtual learning. The wide range of people that support the government requiring people to take this illness more seriously is unprecedented. It crosses every social, economic, and racial barrier.
There is also some despondency in many people who feel they are willing to take a chance with the virus and their own health. Claims that range from โ€˜my immune system was designed to fight illnessโ€™ to โ€˜the government has no right to force us to receive medical treatment we donโ€™t desireโ€™. Many people passionately feel the government is infringing on their rights to free choice.
Either side can be considered 100% right or in the eyes of the other side---DEAD wrong!
As a mom to a young cancer patient, I see where the fear of an immune compromised person catching Covid is a very real dilemma. The drugs given to destroy the cancer also suppress any God-given immune system the body has. The life of an immune compromised person consists of masks, isolation, hand sanitizer, blood counts, and constant vigilance about germs. The families of the immunocompromised know the risks all too well without the government requiring them to be careful. They have to live the life of the carefulโ€”every single day! Covid did not change their lives very much, other than making it extremely hard to find medical supplies and increasing their isolation.
As a mom to a young cancer patient who has now passed away, I see where the desire to live life to the fullest and take responsibility for my own health decisions can come into play. Our family spent so much time isolated from those most important to us. Our daughter missed out on time with her siblings and grandparents because of Covid mandates put in place by well-meaning but uninformed individuals. I missed out on important moments in my daughterโ€™s life. My last Motherโ€™s Day was spent weeping over not being allowed to go to the hospital and hold my baby. She died and there will never be another Motherโ€™s Day spent together. I was only given 4โ€”Covid stole one of those.





The life of Covid and Cancer is heartbreakingly similar in so many ways. People are trying to make the best decisions they know how, through the lens of their own fears and concerns. In such a delicate balance, there may not be a one size fits all answer. What works for some peopleโ€™s physical safety, destroys others mental health. What relieves some peoples fear, only heightens the anxiety of others. What ensures a longer life for some, steals the only days remaining for the terminally ill. For children who have had a life stolen by cancer treatments, Covid only adds insult to their injury.
I think to the many things that cancer inflicted on Millie during her year of treatment. Pain from pokes, bone marrow aspirations, nerves being aflame from the strong immunotherapies, nausea from the harsh chemo, and so much fear.
I also remember what Covid did in her short lifetime. The many times she had a nose swab just to be admitted to the hospital. I can still hear her little voice saying, โ€œYou gonna do that nose thing?โ€ It kept family and friends from visiting her. She was confined to her hospital room during every admission. To live the remainder of Millieโ€™s life during a pandemic was so difficult. I know many families who have lost their loved ones during the last two years have similar feelings.
We know we can never go back, but how I long for the time a few years ago, on a hot summer day, when Cancer and Covid had not yet turned our lives and the world upside down. A time when my little blond curly headed two-year-old was playing on the swing under the shade of our tree. When our family was whole, healthy, and happy. All of that longing for the past, makes me long even more for the future in heaven. A time when we will be together, healthy, and happy forever.
โ€œ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐‰๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ. ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ซ.โ€ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‘:๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ
***๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™™๐™š๐™—๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ช๐™จ, ๐™จ๐™–๐™›๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™˜๐™ค๐™ก๐™จ, ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ซ๐™–๐™˜๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ. ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™–๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™›๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™ก๐™ฎ. ๐™„๐™› ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ, ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™›๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™– ๐™™๐™š๐™—๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ก๐™–๐™ข๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ. ๐™ˆ๐™ฎ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ฃ. ***
Blessings sweet friendsโ€ฆ
๏ฝก๏ฝฅ:*:๏ฝฅ๏พŸโ˜…,๏ฝก๏ฝฅ:*:๏ฝฅ๏พŸโ˜†ใ€€๏ฝก๏ฝฅ:*:๏ฝฅ๏พŸโ˜…๏ฝก๏ฝฅ:*:๏ฝฅ๏พŸโ˜†
I still believe in Millieโ€™s Miracle
๏ฝก๏ฝฅ:*:๏ฝฅ๏พŸโ˜† Hebrews 11:1 ๏ฝก๏ฝฅ:*:๏ฝฅ๏พŸโ˜†
๏ธตโ€ฟ๏ธตโ€ฟเญจโ˜†เญงโ€ฟ๏ธตโ€ฟ๏ธต

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