This one's for Mom
The past year has been a rough one. Almost exactly a year ago my mom was told the endometrial cancer, that the doctors thought they had taken care of, had actually spread throughout her abdomen. Chemotherapy treatment started quickly with the hopes of shrinking the tumors enough to do surgery to remove the rest. Mom battled through six months of chemo only to find out that it had done almost no good and surgery was not an option. Outside of a miraculous work of God she would only have a few short months left with us. God chose not to heal Mom on this side of Heaven, but we certainly made the most of this last year with her. We crossed things off our bucket lists and she left us with some wonderful handmade treasures and keepsakes, as well as many, many photos to cherish. We had Mom's homegoing celebration last week and I was blessed to be able to speak at it. It was genuinely a miracle that I made it through without completely breaking down. Mom was my dearest friend and someo...