Wake up call

[Mitzi]

This last year has been pure hell. I would not want to live it again.
But I got a call tonight that made me realize my problems are small. It was from my cousin, who lives near me. She is 47 years old, married had two grown sons and a grandbaby.....and she found out she has brain, liver and lung cancer. I just reeled when she told me.
I will be there for her as much as I can. She needs me. It will be incredibly hard on me but not as hard as all this will be on her.
I look at things so differently now.....and I think God for his blessings.
Hugs your loved ones.....lots!

[ 04-21-2002: Message edited by: Mitzi ]

[Don]

One of life's toughest lessons Mitzi. No matter how bad YOU have it, there is ALWAYS someone who has it much worse. . . :(

[Mitzi]

This is a very hard time for me. My husband and I have families that, for lack of a better word, are uncaring. Through all our problems these last 10 months, not one family member was there for us. It was my husband and I alone, with some friends, at the hospital during each of my sons serious surgeries. None of them attended his wedding, none of them called to see how he was.....including my cousin. We did it all on our own.
But, now, we are being inundated with family members who "need" us. I remember, during the 36 hours I was up when our son had his last surgery, I would have given anything for a family member that loved us enough to be there to help. To give me hugs when I needed them, to MAKE us eat when we weren't eating. To care that my health was failing because I had only my God and my husband to support me. My husband couldn't be of much help because he was going through the same emotional pain I was.
When he heard me tell my cousin I would be there for her, he talked to me. He knows it means hours of driving and waiting in hospitals. He said, "WHY are you doing this? Not ONE family member helped us." I asked him why it had to mean that I had to be the same way?
I don't know why I am this way. All I know is that I can't turn my back on her.
So, if you have family members going through a lot, members outside your immediate family, even one simple kind gesture can mean so much. We never got that. Maybe that's why I care now.

[Desmar]

:(
Mitzi I am so sorry for you. I do not know what you are goinmg through but I do know that you have gone through a lot with your son. And then to be there for a family memeber when they did not do the same. You have become a true testamony to God's love for you. You are in my prayers. I hope that your cousin (I hope that I spelled it right) gets better and I will pray for her to. May our God, the Lord in Heaven help you through these arduious times.