Angels

Today my heart is aching for my friend Melissa and her little guy Jensen (and their family).  Jensen was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma in 2007.  When I was in New York in 2009 I met Melissa by chance when she and Jensen were in town for a regular check up that found he had relapsed with a brain tumor.  This amazing little angel should be starting kindergarden, playing with friends, and starting his beautiful life and yet he has spent more time than any child should in and out of the hospital, undergoing procedures that I cannot even get my head around.  His ongoing spirit despite everything, and his fight have left me speechless, in awe and humbled. 

This past August Jensen relapsed a 3rd time in his liver, lung and chest.

Melissa is one of the most amazing, beautiful, inspiring women I have ever met and my heart aches for the pain and devastation she and her family are feeling right now.  Please take a moment to keep them in your thoughts/prayers.  Situations like this remind me how important it is to say 'I love you' as often as possible but they also cause me to question why things like this happen to good people - I search for an explanation that I know does not exist.

Remember how short life really is, and how we are just passing through. So, all the people you haven't told you love lately, tell them, and live your days like you mean it.