Things Could Always Be Worse...

Just in the past couple weeks a little girl, who is only a month older than Kenley, that I know through the dance studio was hospitalized when they discovered a tumor on her liver...a caringbride site was brought to my attention when another fb friend put it on their page about another little girl, I don't know, that has been battling brain cancer since 2009 and she was only 5 when they discovered her tumor.


My heart breaks for sweet Violet...the little girl I do know...because she is so young and such a sweet girl and I adore her family and 4 older sisters.  My heart also breaks for this little girl Kate, who is battling such an enormous disease.  I guess my point is why do these little girls have to suffer?  Kind of like my little K had to suffer.  I am by no means comparing being born 11 weeks early and spending 2 months in the hospital to cancer and tumors.  They have a completly different fight on their hands.  My girl had to fight but not against such a big illness.


I moan and groan when she doesn't sleep through the night...at least I am able to have her at home with me in her own bed unlike precious Violet who is going on 3 weeks in the hospital.


I want to hide her hemangioma when we go out in public and people cant stop staring at it...at least it is not  cancerous and there is a pretty easy solution to making it go away.  I wonder sometimes why it had to happen to her...why did she have to have this hemangioma pop up on her face and it be the type that never fully goes away...at least it is in a great spot to be removed. It could be worse, it could be smack in the middle of her forehead or right in the middle of her cheek.


I get really frustrated when its lunch time and K would rather stick her hands in her mouth then eat the food I'm trying to give her...at least she is able to eat on her own and doesn't have a feeding tube down her nose.


It really stinks when other peoples not so good situations arise in your life to remind you that hey...things could always be worse, but I guess that is how life works.  So next time I get frustrated at her sleeping habits, or am just fed up and want to give the rest of her food to the dogs because shes not interested in it, I need to take a step back and think for a minute.  These are such simple things that aren't worth getting upset over.  What Violet's mom and Kate's mom wouldn't give to be able to have their babies at home and healthy.  And probably what they wouldn't give to have those as their biggest problems in their lives at this very moment.


Things Could ALWAYS be worse...take a step back and look at other people's lives and situations.  Will definitely make you feel grateful for what you do have and stop worring about what you don't have.


"Be strong and courageous...do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."    Joshua 1:9 NIV

Looking at this face I need to be reminded of this EVERY time!!
Thing could have been WAY worse with her being born so early!



To see Kate's blog go to http://www.prayforkate.com/ and click on enter blog

I would post info to Violet's caringbride site but her mom and dad have it on lock down and I'm pretty sure if they don't know you they won't let you enter to see her journey...but I will do some posts on her progress in the near future.
 I know these two little girls can use ALL the prayers they can get right now so if you're the praying kind, please say a prayer for healing for these two angels.