WHILE MY FAMILY AND I ENJOYED THIS BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND, A FRIEND OF MINE AND HER FAMILY IS STRUGGLING IN WAYS I CAN NOT MAKE SENSE OF.
HOLLY AND I HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER SINCE THE 8TH GRADE. WE MOVED OUT OF OUR PARENTS HOUSE AND INTO OUR FIRST APARTMENT TOGETHER WHEN WE WERE 18. ONE DAY, THAT FRIENDSHIP NO LONGER EXISTED. WE WERE YOUNG, BOTH MADE MISTAKES AND WERE STUBBORN.
RECENTLY, HOLLY AND I RECONNECTED. WE ACKNOWLEDGED THE PAST, DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD AND KEEP IN CONTACT. WE AREN'T CLOSE LIKE WE ONCE WERE BUT THAT DOES NOT MAKE THE MEMORIES OF OUR FRIENDSHIP ANY LESS MEANINGFUL. WHAT HAPPENED TO US AND OUR FRIENDSHIP IN THE PAST MADE US WHO WE ARE TODAY. LIKE "THEY" SAY EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.
FOR THE PAST 9 MONTHS HOLLY'S SISTER SARA HAS BEEN BATTLING UTERINE CANCER. UNFORTUNATELY; THE CHEMOTHERAPY WAS TAKING IT'S TOLL AND LAST MONTH SARA WAS TAKEN OFF OF CHEMOTHERAPY AND PLACED UNDER THE CARE OF HOME HEALTH. THIS PAST FRIDAY, SARA LOST HER BATTLE WITH THIS AWFUL DISEASE. IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PUT INTO WORDS THE SADNESS I FEEL FOR MY FRIEND. LIFE'S TIMING IS IN GODS HANDS AND IT DOESN'T ALWAYS MAKE SENSE OR SEEM FAIR; WE JUST HAVE TO BE BELIEVE IN HIS PLAN......
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ ABOUT SARA'S JOURNEY, PLEASE VISIT SARA'S SOLDIERS.
SARA'S FAMILY IS RAISING MONEY TO COVER THE FUNERAL COST, MEDICAL BILLS AND TO PUT ASIDE MONEY INTO A TRUST FOR HER CHILDREN. ANY LITTLE BIT HELPS SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO HELP; PLEASE VISIT GOFUNDME-SJV TO MAKE A DONATION OR HELP SPREAD THE WORD.
-MANDI
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