**Here is the background on Layla Grace if you would like to read the full story and diagnosis***
I've seem to have been hit w/ difficult news in all directions of possible losses in friends lives and then the struggle that this dear family is facing and dealing with who I've never even met. I take life for granted SOOO often and truly don't cherish the moments I have each day w/ Josh and w/ Shelby. I don't know what I'd do or who I'd be if this was me facing what these families are facing. Please keep my two friends in prayer who are both expectant mothers who are both dealing w/ what doctors are saying are "pending miscarriages" as well as this precious little girl, Layla Grace and her family.
(These pictures are from the blog Layla's parents write)The one's of her and her daddy pierce my soul. I see Shelby in these soooo much and that hurts even more and makes this all the more real.
You can read the blog that Layla's parents post to catch up on her journey. She is in her last days on this earth fighting Neuroblastoma and as I look at the 165 photos they have of her, I see Shelby in sooo many of them and it scares me to death to know this could be her and that that could be us and makes me wonder why someone so small, beautiful and who's a precious gift from God is in so much pain and hurting so much and even has cancer while her parents and siblings watch her suffer. It is so hard for me to praise God through this. It makes me angry, even though I only read this blog they post, to know that someone so small is having to go through this and is dying in her own bed, unable to stay awake, unable to eat, all while her parents watch her slowly die. It hurts...Being a mother brings out a whole new kind of hurt in me. I never knew I could love someone so much as I love Shelby & to know how that feels and to know how losing someone feels is awful to combine together and feel for a child. I wish I could cure this child. All I know to do is pray and ask you to do the same. I don't know if she's gonna make it...all the signs say she isn't but I know if she does pass away that God will be glorified regardless...
God has a plan in all this though and it's not my place to question that so I'm going to praise Him, as much as it hurts to do that...
Just pray...
~God bless,
2 comments:
I am amazed by the vast amount of heartfelt people praying for Layla right now. Her story has touched us all.
I have been following Layla's story, and praying for her and her family. What a beautiful little girl, with such a strong spirit!
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