A Battle With Cancer Told Through Pictures

Wow...very heart-wrenching.

RIP, brave man.

 

What a brave family. This was difficult to read and I'm sitting at my desk with tears in my eyes.

RIP Derek

 

Puts a lot of things in perspective, doesn't it.

Wow...

 

That rips at my heart.

Why would a loving god make such an innocent child endure such pain?

As a father I hope I never have to see one of my childern endure the hell that is Cancer.

 

As a father I just don't want to look.

(Edit: I looked - and now am crying like a baby...that is soooooo sad).

DD

 

I have never cried before for something I have seen on the internet...

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not fair

 

Very difficult for me as a human being to look at that.

Very difficult for me as a father to look at that.

And very difficult for me individually because I was as good as dead when I was a child but inexplicably survived. I live with a burden related to that. Why did I make it and others don't? I can't explain it. And please understand, this burden I'm talking about is nowhere near what this child went through...I'm not saying that at all. But it twists the knife in me a bit when I see/hear something about a child suffering and dying. I still choose to trust in God, though I really, really, really don't want to turn this into a theological debate and will not respond to posts that take it that direction.

 

I'm glad you made it through your hardship/disesase when you were young. From what I can tell from your posts here the world is a better place for it, since you make an effort to help those around you through your practice and your ministry at your church. I respect you as a person and your belief and faith in god.

I was in no way trying to start a theological debate with my post. My question about god was meant to be rhetorical in nature and is one of the questions I struggle with greatly when trying to define my own spirtuality.

I know your oldest child is around the same age as my daughter and I hope we never have to deal with the burden this woman had to endure. Lets both pray that some day we find a cure for cancer and rid the world of the pain it causes people everyday.

 

I saw my Grandfather and my Godfather go through that. Seeing a child go through that makes it so much harder.

 

you're extremely kind. i wasn't arguing with you...i don't blame you for questioning. how could you not?

you're absolutely right...i hope for a cure.

 

that is so, so sad. i can't even imagine going through that as a mother.

 

I agree...As a parent, I think about it from her point of view. The one slide shows him lashing out at her, and the caption said is asking her why she hasn't made him better. I can't imagine how hard it would be to have to tell your son, he's sick and there is nothing you can do about it.

 

oh my, very hard to look at but I'm glad it was posted.

 

that part in particular got me, too. my mom tells me that i screamed, "i hate you! i hate you!" at her during my illness. when i saw that picture, i lost it.