On my Mind

About two weeks ago we had an experience and I haven't been able to get it out of my mind. I think that means I am suppose to share it. We were eating lunch as a family at a local fast food restaurant. (minus one of course) At this time Grace had been gone about one week, so everything was just starting to sink in. I have had some pretty big ups and downs with my emotions trying to deal with all of this. On this particular day I was feeling pretty down. I was feeling a lot of guilt about if I was doing what was best for Grace. Anyway, we decided that we would eat outside. We sat down next to another family. They had a cute dog and it was a woman with her two grown daughters, and the daughters kids. There was this one little guy about 3 and he was so cute. He was just walking around the table and being so cute. I thought he was so adorable. He would say hi and talk and just was super friendly. We started to chat with the family about their dog and the adorable little boy. As we started to talk we noticed the older boy about 9 at their table. Turns out this boy was in town to be treated for cancer. He has been fighting cancer for about 3 or 4 years. He had just finished a very intense round of chemo and was heading back home. The Mother of this little guy was so upbeat and positvie. It truly amazed me. As we continued to chat we found out that the little guy we had be watching has cystic fibrosis. He also has been going through some pretty difficult treatments. The two moms were twin sisters. So here they bother are struggling to help their children fight life threatening illnesses. Both women were all smile and so friendly. You would think that life couldn't possible put one more thing on their plate, but wrong. Their mother is also fighting cancer. WOW!!! How much could one family take. I kid you not 20 minutes before this they seemed like just a typical family out for an afternoon lunch. Now in my mind this was a family of super heros. Here I was feeling sorry for myself and my family. Poor me, my poor child, my poor family!!! REALLY!!! What do I have to complain about? Grace is not going to be fighting for her life in all of this. Yes this sucks, and this is hard on all of this. At least we will get to bring her home and be together again. I did share with this family a little of our situation and told them that meeting their family was an amazing reality check for me. There is always someone going through more then you. Is this still hard? Absolutely!!!! But this is not the end of the world. This last week has been especially hard for me, however every time I think I can't take more I remember this amazing family. I know we meet people at times for specific reasons. I am grateful that I met this family on this day!!!