A Reflection in Time

The journey started June 3rd the year 2000. What seemed to be a normal day in the life of a 9-yr. old girl turned into an event that would alter the course of time for both Jessica and her family.

The purpose of this reflection will be to help me to piece together some of the events as well as to help me to be responsible in passing along whatever it is that I am to be passing along as I walk down this path.

I am not sure why our family history has been changed. I am not sure that I am certain of when the journey will end. I am not sure of whether or not Jessica will be totally healed or whether she will go on to be with the Lord God in Heaven.

There are a lot of uncertainties. One thing that I am certain of is that God is in control. I am certain that God is the author and finisher of both our lives and our faith. I am certain that God already knows what the outcome of our journey will be. I am certain that we are a family unit and that we have determined to stick together no matter what the outcome.

On June 3rd our lives slammed head first into the concrete wall of change. This change was inevitable in the face of Jessica being diagnosed with cancer. The first thing that this diagnosis did is it caused a crack at the very foundation of our family security. Families are held together by a lot of different things. One of the things that cement…