Faith Building Trials

My family and I are facing losing another family member to cancer very soon. My Dad has been battling Esophageal Cancer for almost 2 years. Now after a long fight and numerous bouts of chemo, he has decided to stop fighting. So I have been thinking about life and the trials we go through a lot this past month. I have been amazed at the amount of hardships we can go through and still be sane and amazingly it helps us grow in ways we never could have otherwise. When my little brother Mikey died I had lost someone I was very close to, we were the best of friends and we had always had a connection that is hard to describe. We could communicate our love and appreciation for each other without words. We were always very close throughout childhood, I believe it was because our personalities were very similar and as I said before we communicated easily. When he passed away it caused a huge gaping hole in my heart that I wasn't sure would ever heal. As it turns out, now almost 3 years later, when I am facing the death of my Father I feel stronger somehow. Nothing can prepare you to say goodbye to someone you love. I am still very sad and I have fallen apart on many occasions at the thought of losing my Father, a man I truly love and respect, but I have grown spiritually, I have grown in Faith and

I know I will be okay.