Asking for lots of prayers...

My family is no stranger to cancer...I know a weird way to start a blog post but I have read two very sad stories about children with cancer.
A few weeks ago while reading the blog, http://www.oneporkchop.blogspot.com/, I found out about little Layla Grace. She was diagnosed at 16 months, May of 2009, with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma and on January 22 of this year they learned that the cancer had come back. Unfortunately she passed on Tuesday, after a long battle with her disease, she was only 2. Then today on the Mommy website I visit, TheBump, another Mommy shared how her friends have a little girl, Penny, who is also suffering from Stage 4 Neurobalstoma. Penny is in the beginning of her disease and her treatment, I am praying for her to recover very soon, and her parents are asking for lots of prayers.


As I said my family is no stranger to cancer; we have lost three family members to this MONSTER of a disease. My great-aunt, Tia Mari, to breast cancer, my cousin, Ginny, to ovarian cancer and most recently my cousin, Rusty to cancer. The strength that my family has found to go through this three times is a testament to our Faith in God and faith in each other’s love and support. Where these two sets of parents have found their strength to go through this with little babies is a testament to their Faith in God and each other. I know what is like to watch a grown person suffer through this disease but I can only imagine how much harder it is to watch a baby suffer.

I know I don't have many followers on my blog, but I ask for you few family and friends who follow us to please pray for these families. For Layla Grace's Family , The Marsh's, that they may make it through these next days, months and years (this is the hardest part) with the same grace, love, Faith & strength that Layla showed and taught them. And for Little Penny's family that they can lean on each other and the prayers of others to make through this difficult time.

I know that I will call my family and tell them how much I love them; hug my Joseph a little tighter tonight and let him know that Mommy & Daddy are here no matter what monsters may scare him.

To learn more about these two stories I am providing the web sites below, keep kleenex handy they are tough to read.
http://www.laylagrace.org/
http://www.pennies4penny.org/

I/We love you all and please know that NONE of you are ever far from our thoughts & prayers.
PS - I have a much happier post coming, I promise.
~Veronica