Hope Through Pain
Ahhhhhh! I was running late again! I tried to get there in time to watch my oldest girl cartwheel and roundoff at her tumbling class. My meeting ran late, traffic was bad and I went to the wrong gym to catch the tail end of my boys basketball practice. So I was a little winded when I climbed the stairs that led up to the room where I found my daughter’s best friend’s mom watching the activities from above.
I sat beside her and asked how she was? We chit-chatted about the holidays and family in town and work and such. Then I remembered that she had recently had a bout with Cancer and questions began to distract me from our casual conversation. What must it be like to return for a third visit to the family doctor with that news? Imagine yourself sitting across the table from the man who had written your family dozens of prescriptions for colds and flus, allergies and infections. Such simple fixes. Such easy answers. And now he has no … Continue reading