Prayers

As most of you know, almost two years ago my mom had to go through the unfortunate battle of breast cancer. Her journey changed our whole family. It brought us together and made me appreciate the beauty of life. It was hard to see my mom, my best friend, go through such pain, sorrow and agony. I dreaded every other monday when she would have to go to Chemo. I hated how sad and insecure she was after she lost all her hair. After a long and hard year and a half, we all almost thought it was over. After going through chemo and radiation my mom was diagnosed with Osteoporosis last July at the young age of 47. In August my parents fulfilled my moms dream of going to Paris, just the two of them. In Paris is when her hip began hurting. She always thought it was the Osteoporosis because she had been warned of those symptoms. Last week my mom had a check up with her Oncologist. She felt prompted to mention the ache in her hip. In doing this they found a "spot" on her hip and the word cancer was mentioned.

"Maryann called me on Friday to inform me that my bone scan is scheduled for Monday April 4th. My blood work came back elevated, which is consistant with what they see in a patient who's cancer has metastisized and would explain the pain in my right hip bone. They will schedule the rest of the scans once we get the results back from the bone scan. Eric and I are trying to be positive, even if the VILLAIN has metastisized we will deal with it then. My ward is having a fast for myself, and 3 other people in our ward on Thursday night starting with the evening meal and ending on Friday with the evening meal, if anyone would like to join us.... the Lord listens and the Lord answers prayers..... right now I am praying for comfort and peace." - Monya Williams

I have learned so much from this experience with my mom. She IS the strongest, most faithful person Ive ever met. She has been faced with so many tremendous trials in her life and has never once doubted her love for the savior or this church. I have seen so many amazing people serve my family and my mom. I have seen multiple meals, cards and flowers delivered to the house. I have received an enormous amount of texts, phone calls, and messages reminding me that our family was in their prayers. Even though I dont express it much, these little acts of kindness meant the world to me and I am so grateful for all the amazing people who servedd my family. In all of this I have learned the most about the importance of service. I realized that I need to be better at serving. It could be just a call letting know someone you are thinking of them, cleaning the house for a loved one, doorbell ditching a batch of cookies, or just a simple smile walking past a stranger.

At this time, I am extremely excited for the messages I will hear from General Conference this weekend. I hope to hear a message that will bring not only me, but my mom comfort and peace. I watched Mormon Messages every free minute I had today. These short little messages bring me so much joy and comfort in this scary time. I ask all of you readers to please, please pray for my amazing mother this week and keep her in your thoughts and heart.