So…for the past week, I have found myself wondering, “Just how much can one person take?”
I have a friend. She has 4 children. In the Fall, her youngest was diagnosed with Leukemia.
That information alone would have been enough to make me crumble. But not my friend. She has continued to send daily updates via the internet….and, without fail, they ALWAYS include the postive: how well her son is doing, or, if he isn’t doing well – that the doctors expect him to improve soon, that the other kids are handling the illness well, that they have asked Santa for their little brother to feel better, or, very often, just how grateful she is for the support they have received from family and friends.
But, it was with the heaviest of hearts that I learned this week that her relationship with her husband has disintegrated. And sadly, that it has been a long time coming. I will refrain from sharing details to respect her privacy….but I will say, it is clear this is a move she needed to make.
I can’t begin to put myself in her shoes, so I don’t know how I would react to all of this, but I would like to think I would have one quarter of her strength and faith, one half of the sunshine she is passing out to others and one half of the tenderness and mothering she is showing to all of her children.
Please know, friend, that I respect you, I care for you, I am here for you, I am proud of you and I am amazed by you.
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