The past year seemed to be another testing year in my life, when it seemed like not all things were going as I hoped they would be. I already wrote about my Dad's passing away, Ryan's injury at hockey (http://tinyurl.com/d9ybll) and re injury (http://tinyurl.com/cq5wxy), the good and bad at work and on and on.... but is it all that bad?
Last night I met a couple, he's 37, she's 36. He has just completed a bout with Hodgkin's disease and chemotherapy and today the news is good, thank God, and we think we have it bad. Since his illness, he had not been able to work, she held down 3 jobs. Yet there are some people that sit around complaining about there job, the lack of hours or actually having to do some work for a pay check. She did what it took and we think we have it bad.
Did I mention that years ago, a Baby had been left abandoned on their door step and they took it in and have since adopted the child from unknown parents.... without question, and we complain and think we have it bad.
Did I tell you about where they live? Since they could no long afford their apartment, they were given an old farmhouse to live in rent free.... referred to as the shack.... why, because it is a shack. Holes in the floor, no doors on the cupboard.... a place most would not considered as a place to live, and we think we have it bad.
It's time we start extending a hand to those that really need a hand... especially those that aren't asking for a hand. Oh yea, I almost forgot to mention she also helps care for a quadriplegic relative without question.
God love you both, and we think we have it bad.
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