“Hoo-boy! This article certainly does nothing to boost my spirits. My dad’s been battling prostate cancer off and on for about 20 years and just found out he now has lung cancer. His first chemo treatment begins this week. He sounded so tired this afternoon when I spoke to him on the phone, so I was already worried about him before seeing this.
All I can do at this point is pray.”
As a father who happens to be a cancer survivor...as well as, two heart attacks, diabetes, and COPD I can tell you that the worse part of having terminal disease is knowing how difficult it is on your family. I will never forget having to tell my wife and then each of my three kids having Kidney cancer. As this was my fourth “terminal” disease I was also quite beaten for a while.
Then...through my prayers and reaching out to God...I was given a few gifts from above (actually many gifts during this tough time period). God taught me that all life is temporary, it is our souls that are eternal.
All true wisdom comes from love and that during our suffering we are actually closer to God and hence have a wonderful opportunity to truly develop a personal relationship that is so very loving with our creator.
Life is a gift, and we decide each day whether we will live it dying or living. Most days I choose to live! God bless you and your father, I will say a prayer for you both.
And you’ll be in my prayers too. You’ve been through a lot already.
I could tell Dad did NOT want to tell me what was going on, and can tell he’s trying to put up a good front to keep me from worrying too much. But that’s what daddies do, isn’t it?
These illnesses are hard to come to terms with but our faith gets us through.
God bless you and may he give you a few more gifts from above.