As a child you always assume life will be easy, well at least I did. But boy could I tell you, I was in for a rude awakening. At the age of 16 I met the love of my life, a few months later his mother was diagnosed with pre-leukemia, the next 300 some odd days she spent in the hospital in Houston getting a bone marrow transplant. Luckily the Lord was watching over her and it was successful. Not long after that I turned 18 and graduated high school not having a single plan for my life. The August after I graduated my two year old niece was diagnosed with a brain tumor and had to have emergency surgery. Once again, the Lord was looking over her and the tumor came out very easily. She had a long road to recovery ahead of her though. The next four months were spent in the ICU at St. Francis Children's Hospital. When she was released we got devastating news that my boyfriend's mom had been diagnosed with leukemia again and has 6 months to live. At the time we found out I was coming out of the deepest depression I had ever been in in my entire life. And now terrible news was being thrown at me again. Tina went through chemo to make the pain a little more bearable. Sadly we lost a beautiful soul on January 3. Then my boyfriend sank (that'll have to be another story or we would be here all day!). Now here we are almost two years later and I can finally look back on the things I've learned.
1. NEVER give up on the ones you love.
I couldn't understand the true pain my boyfriend was going through because I still have two healthy parents. But there came a point where I almost gave up on him. In his greatest hour of need I almost ran. And now almost two years later if I had, I would have missed out on the most exciting things of my whole life.
2. "And it came too pass..."
These simple five words are what got me through the most difficult time in my life. No matter what's happening. Good, bad, or even just stagnant. It will pass. Everything in life is just a season. Live life to the fullest. It could change tomorrow, or we may not even be here tomorrow.
3. Life kinda sucks.
Let's be honest, life sucks. There are amazing wonderful times, BUT sickness and losing people DEFINITELY outweighs the good memories and times. You learn to appreciate those good times a TON more when they do come.
