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🌙✨ EVENING REFLECTION & PRAYERS ✨🌙Sunday, August 9thTonight I’m ending this weekend with a grateful heart.There has been...
08/10/2026

🌙✨ EVENING REFLECTION & PRAYERS ✨🌙
Sunday, August 9th

Tonight I’m ending this weekend with a grateful heart.

There has been a lot packed into these last few days—memories, anniversaries, birthdays in Heaven, family, laughter, tears, worry, hope, and everything somewhere in between.

And maybe that’s what life really is.

It isn’t waiting for everything to finally become easy. It’s learning how to recognize the beautiful things while carrying the hard ones.

Tonight I’m grateful for my mother. 💜
For another day with her. Another conversation. Another memory. Another chance to simply have her here.

I’m grateful for my husband, for love that has stood beside me through seasons neither of us could have predicted.

I’m grateful for my daughters, my family, my friends, and this growing little granddaughter already surrounded by more love than she could possibly understand. 💜

And I’m grateful for the people I have met because of circumstances I never would have chosen.

Cancer brought fear, exhaustion and heartbreak into our lives—but somehow, in the middle of it, it also brought people together. Complete strangers became friends. Caregivers became lifelines. Patients became teachers. And people who were scared themselves still reached out a hand to someone else.

That matters.

Tonight I’m also thinking about those we love who are no longer physically beside us. Some days grief whispers. Other days it walks right through the front door and makes itself comfortable.

But love remains.

We carry them in our traditions, our stories, our laughter, our children, our choices and in the little moments when something suddenly reminds us of them.

They are still part of our story. ❤️

🙏 Tonight’s Prayer

Dear God,

Thank You for getting us through another day.

Thank You for the victories we sometimes forget to celebrate—the stable test result, the clean scan, the treatment that worked, the body that kept fighting, the caregiver who got back up, and the person who simply decided to try again tomorrow.

Please surround every person tonight who is waiting for answers.

Be with those waiting for scans, biopsies, lab results and treatment decisions.

Protect those receiving chemotherapy, CAR-T, immunotherapy, radiation, stem-cell or bone-marrow transplants, and every other treatment being used to give someone more time and another chance.

Please bring healing to the sick, strength to the exhausted, comfort to the grieving and peace to the frightened.

Watch over the caregivers, too.

The ones researching at midnight.

The ones keeping track of medications and appointments.

The ones saying, “I’m fine,” because somebody else needs them to be.

Give them permission to rest.

And for anyone tonight who feels like life has changed so much that they barely recognize it anymore, remind them that a different life can still contain beautiful things.

We don't have to know what the entire road looks like.

Sometimes we just need enough light for the next step. ✨

Tonight, may our homes be peaceful, our bodies find rest, our minds quiet down, and our hearts remember that tomorrow brings another opportunity for something good to happen.

And tonight I pray especially for every person in this community and every family fighting beside someone they love.

May tomorrow bring good news.

May treatments work.

May scans be clear.

May pain ease.

May fear loosen its grip.

And may we never underestimate the power of showing up for one another.

Amen. 🙏💜

Goodnight, everyone.

Rest tonight.

Tomorrow, we get up and keep going. ✨

🌿 LET’S TALK ABOUT MEDICAL MA*****NA! 🌿And before anybody gets excited 😂 — we are NOT talking about ma*****na as a cure ...
08/09/2026

🌿 LET’S TALK ABOUT MEDICAL MA*****NA! 🌿

And before anybody gets excited 😂 — we are NOT talking about ma*****na as a cure for cancer, and we are NOT talking about replacing your cancer treatment.

We’re talking about something very different:
Using medical cannabis as supportive care to help manage some of the symptoms and side effects that cancer patients experience.

Pain. Nausea. Vomiting. Loss of appetite. Changes in taste. Anxiety. Fear. Insomnia. Neuropathy. Treatment-related discomfort. 💜

I’ve heard every kind of response to this subject.

🌿 Some patients say, “It works for me.”
🌿 Some say, “I’ve thought about trying it.”
🌿 Some were hesitant and only considered it when everything else seemed to be failing.
🌿 Some tried it and decided it wasn’t for them.
🌿 And many describe one simple thing: relief.
And THAT is the conversation I want us to have.

Not hype.
Not judgment.
Not “cannabis cures cancer.”
RELIEF. QUALITY OF LIFE. SUPPORTIVE CARE.

So before I share our family's experience and introduce our brand-new 20-part Cannabis & Cancer Supportive Care Library, I want to hear from you. 💬

Have you—or someone you care for—used medical cannabis during cancer treatment?

What symptom were you trying to manage?

Did it help?

Did it make things worse?

Were you nervous to try it?

Did you talk to your oncologist about it?

Or have you considered it but haven't taken that step?

Positive experiences AND negative experiences are welcome. Nobody needs to convince anybody of anything here.

Because one person's experience isn't proof that something will work for everyone—but sharing those experiences can open conversations patients might otherwise be afraid to have.
And I’ll start. 💜

Medical cannabis became part of my own mother's supportive care during her Multiple Myeloma and Primary Plasma Cell Leukemia journey.

And that experience is one of the reasons I created this library. 🌿📚

So…let’s talk about medical ma*****na.

No judgment. No miracle claims. Just patients, caregivers, evidence, experiences and one very important question:

What can safely help someone feel better while they're fighting cancer? 💜🌿

🌙✨ Evening Reflection & PrayersSaturday, August 8thTonight I’m thinking about something simple:Not every day has to be e...
08/09/2026

🌙✨ Evening Reflection & Prayers
Saturday, August 8th
Tonight I’m thinking about something simple:
Not every day has to be extraordinary to be a blessing. 💜

Some days we receive incredible news. Some days bring appointments, scans, treatments, celebrations or milestones. And then there are days like today—when life simply keeps moving.
And maybe we don't appreciate those ordinary days nearly enough.
When you’ve lived through cancer, serious illness, caregiving, grief, or the fear of losing someone you love, you begin to understand just how precious an ordinary day really is.
A day without devastating news is a good day.
A day when someone you love is still here is a blessing.

A day when you can laugh—even if you've cried, worried, gotten frustrated, or completely lost your patience somewhere along the way—is still a day worth being thankful for. 😂💜
I’ve learned something else through all of this:
You can be grateful and exhausted at the same time.
You can have faith and still be scared.
You can believe everything is going to be okay and still have moments when you wonder how much more you can handle.
You can celebrate someone else's wonderful news while quietly waiting and praying for your own.
None of those things cancel each other out.
They simply make us human. 💜

This community has shown me that over and over again. We may be walking different roads, but we understand one another in ways that people outside this world sometimes can't.
We understand waiting for results.
We understand watching numbers like they're the stock market. 😂

We understand celebrating words like stable, clear, remission, MRD negative, cancer free and complete response like we've just won the lottery.
And we understand that sometimes the greatest victory of the day is simply getting through it.
So tonight, wherever you are in your journey, give yourself some credit.
If today was wonderful—celebrate it. 🎉
If today was difficult—you made it through.
If you're waiting for answers—keep holding onto hope.

And if today was completely ordinary?
Thank God for ordinary. 🙏💜
Because after everything some of us have witnessed, ordinary can feel pretty damn extraordinary.
🙏 Tonight, we pray...

Dear God,
Thank You for this day.
Thank You for the victories we recognize and the blessings we sometimes overlook.
Thank You for the people we love who are still here beside us.
Please continue watching over every person fighting cancer and serious illness tonight. Protect those receiving chemotherapy, immunotherapy, CAR-T, stem-cell transplants and every treatment in between.
Give strength to the bodies that are healing and peace to the minds that are exhausted from fighting.

Please surround every caregiver who wonders whether they're doing enough. Remind them that simply showing up—again and again—is an incredible act of love.
Be especially close tonight to those waiting for scans, biopsies, bloodwork and answers. Waiting can sometimes be harder than knowing. Give them peace while they stand in that uncomfortable space between fear and hope.

Celebrate alongside those receiving good news. Let their victories remind the rest of us that healing happens, treatments work, miracles come in many forms, and there is always reason to keep hoping. ✨
And please comfort the families who are grieving. When someone they love is no longer physically beside them, help them recognize that love doesn't disappear. It simply finds another way to stay.
Tonight, help us put down whatever we cannot fix before morning.
Let our bodies rest.
Let our minds become quiet.
And when tomorrow comes, give us the strength to get up and face another day—whatever it brings.
Tonight we are grateful.
Tomorrow we continue.
And through all of it, we keep believing. 💜

Goodnight, my beautiful friends. 🌙✨
May you wake tomorrow feeling just a little stronger than you did today.

🙏 God bless each and every one of you.🙏

✨ Positivity prompts positive results. ✨

💙✨ HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY TO MY AMAZING HUSBAND ✨💙Ten years ago today, August 7, 2016, I stood beside you in St. Croix a...
08/08/2026

💙✨ HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY TO MY AMAZING HUSBAND ✨💙
Ten years ago today, August 7, 2016, I stood beside you in St. Croix and promised to love you, honor you, and cherish you for the rest of my life.
And somehow, Kevin, I love you even more today than I did standing there in that white dress ten years ago. I didn't think that was possible. ❤️
Right before our ceremony, there was a double rainbow over the water. 🌈🌈 Looking back now, after everything these ten years have held, it feels even more meaningful. Almost like heaven was giving us a little wink and saying, You're going to need each other. Hold on tight.
And we did.
Our family has faced challenges neither one of us could have imagined that day. There have been beautiful chapters, heartbreaking chapters, enormous changes, loss, fear, illness, stress, laughter, absolute chaos—and days when life asked far more from us than seemed fair.
But through all of it, you never left my side.
You have stood beside me when I was strong, and you have carried some of the weight when I wasn't. You've loved the people I love. You've stepped into situations you never signed up for simply because they mattered to me. You've been my partner, my safe place, my sounding board, and sometimes the person who keeps the whole damn circus from burning down. 😂❤️
Marriage isn't really proven on the beautiful island with the flowers, the ocean, the wedding dress and the perfect photographs.
It's proven in everything that comes after.
It's choosing each other when life isn't pretty. It's staying when things get complicated. It's holding someone's hand through the chapters nobody photographs.
And Kevin, you stayed. You showed up. You loved me through all of it.
If I could go back to that woman walking down the aisle ten years ago, I'd tell her:
You have no idea what life is going to bring you.
But look at the man waiting for you.
You chose well. ❤️
Today, I would choose you again.
I love you.
I honor you.
I cherish you.
More today than ten years ago—which I genuinely didn't think was possible.
Happy 10th Anniversary to my husband, my partner, my rock, and the man I still choose.
Here's to everything we've survived, everything we've built, and whatever adventure comes next.
Ten years down. Forever to go. 💍❤️🌈🌈
August 7, 2016 → August 7, 2026
St. Croix will forever be where our forever began. 💙🌊

✨ Evening Reflection & Prayer ✨August 7, 2026Tonight my heart is holding both gratitude and grief.💔First, I want to say ...
08/08/2026

✨ Evening Reflection & Prayer ✨
August 7, 2026

Tonight my heart is holding both gratitude and grief.💔

First, I want to say Happy Birthday in Heaven to my beloved brother, Skye Reece. 💙

There are some people whose absence never becomes ordinary.

The years pass. Life keeps moving. We learn how to laugh again, celebrate again, love again, and somehow build a life around the empty spaces.💔

But we never forget.💔

And tonight I’ve been thinking about grief—and how many different forms it can take.💔

There is the devastating grief of losing someone we love. The finality of knowing they aren't walking back through the door. The birthdays that still arrive. The anniversaries. The memories that can make you smile one minute and completely knock the wind out of you the next.💔

But there is another kind of grief that people battling serious illness know all too well.💔

It is grieving the person you were before you got sick.💔

Before the diagnosis.💔

Before your calendar became filled with appointments, scans, bloodwork, treatments and waiting for results.💔

Before words like cancer, transplant, CAR-T, remission, relapse, kidney disease, heart disease—or whatever battle you were handed—became part of your everyday vocabulary.💔

You can grieve your independence.

Your strength.

Your body.

Your plans.

Your sense of safety.

Sometimes even your identity.

And caregivers experience their own version of this grief, too. We remember life before. Before fear became part of the background noise. Before we learned to read lab results and scan reports. Before watching someone we love suffer changed us.💔

These losses aren't the same as losing a life.💔

But grief recognizes grief.💔

And eventually, both journeys bring us to the same difficult word:

🙏Acceptance.🙏

Acceptance doesn't mean being okay with what happened.🙏

It doesn't mean saying, “This was supposed to happen.”🙏

It doesn't mean forgetting the person you lost—or forgetting who you used to be.🙏

Acceptance simply means acknowledging:

Life is different now.🙏

And somehow, tomorrow morning, we get up and live it.🙏

We learn our new normal.🙏

We carry the people we lost with us.🙏

We carry pieces of our old selves with us.🙏

And then we discover pieces of ourselves we didn't know existed—strength, courage, compassion, resilience and an appreciation for ordinary days that we might never have understood before.🙏

Moving forward is not the same thing as leaving something behind.🙏

Sometimes moving forward means learning how to carry it differently.🙏

💔 Skye, I will carry you for the rest of my life.💔

💔Happy Birthday, my beloved brother.💔

💔There isn't a birthday that passes when I don't think about you. There isn't enough time in this world to make me forget you.💔

💔Life continued.🙏

🙏But you came with me.🙏

🙏And you always will.🙏

🙏 Tonight I pray…

God, please hold close every person grieving someone they love tonight.🙏

Comfort the families learning how to live with an empty chair and a heart full of memories.🙏

Please hold every person grieving the life they had before illness entered it.🙏

Give them patience with the body that has changed.🙏

Give them courage for the life that looks different than they imagined.🙏

Help all of us understand that acceptance isn't surrender.🙏

Sometimes acceptance is one of the bravest things we will ever do.🙏

Help us wake tomorrow and face another day.🙏

Different.💜

Changed.💜

Maybe scarred.💜

But still here.💜

🙏And for those we have lost, let their love continue to show itself in the lives of the people who remain.🙏

🙏Tonight especially, please give my brother Skye the biggest birthday celebration Heaven can give. 🎂💙✨🙏

🙏💔Tell him his sister remembers.🙏💔

🙏💔Tell him she always will.🙏💔

🙏✨️Happy Birthday, Skye Reece.✨️🙏

💜You are loved beyond this life.💜

💜You are missed beyond words.💜

💜And you will never, ever be forgotten. 💜

🙏Goodnight, everyone. Hold the people you love a little closer tonight—and if you're grieving the person you used to be, remember:

❤️You don't have to become who you were before.
You are allowed to become someone new. ❤️

✨️ SHANNON’S DAILY SPARK ✨️Some days don’t arrive quietly.They show up carrying memories, anniversaries, grief, love, wo...
08/07/2026

✨️ SHANNON’S DAILY SPARK ✨️

Some days don’t arrive quietly.

They show up carrying memories, anniversaries, grief, love, worry, exhaustion, and emotions you didn’t exactly invite to the party. ❤️‍🩹

And still… you get up.

You answer the phone.
You check on the people you love.
You worry.
You pray.
You advocate.
You comfort someone else while quietly trying to hold yourself together.

That kind of strength doesn’t always look heroic.

Sometimes strength looks like making it through the afternoon.

Sometimes it looks like saying, “I don’t have much left today, but I’m still here.”

And sometimes the strongest thing you can do is stop carrying everybody else’s emotions for five damn minutes and remember that you are a person too. ❤️

Life has taught me something lately:

We can be incredibly grateful and still exhausted.

We can feel blessed and still overwhelmed.

We can celebrate beautiful things while grieving people and moments we desperately wish we could have back.

Those feelings can exist in the same heart.

Love is complicated like that.

But here’s today’s Spark:

✨️ You do not need a perfect day to recognize a beautiful life.

Sometimes the beauty is tucked inside the mess.

A husband who stands beside you.
A mother you still get to hug.
Children you love beyond words.
A granddaughter growing and preparing to enter the world.
Friends who understand battles they never wanted to understand.
Doctors, treatments, science, faith, second chances.

And another sunrise that quietly says…

You’re still here. Keep going.

So today, I’m choosing gratitude without pretending everything is easy.

I’m choosing love without ignoring the hurt.

I’m choosing hope without demanding guarantees.

And I’m reminding myself that sometimes surviving the hard days is exactly how we eventually reach the beautiful ones.

✨️ Positivity prompts positive results. ✨️

But positivity doesn’t mean pretending.

It means looking straight at the storm and still believing there might be a rainbow somewhere beyond it. 🌈

Keep going, warriors.

One day.
One prayer.
One appointment.
One laugh.
One tear.
One tiny victory at a time.

Because none of us knows what tomorrow holds…

but today, we’re here.

And today still matters. ❤️✨️








🌙 Evening Reflection & Prayers 🙏❤️Tonight, my heart is simply... grateful.Sometimes it's easy to get caught up in the ap...
08/07/2026

🌙 Evening Reflection & Prayers 🙏❤️

Tonight, my heart is simply... grateful.

Sometimes it's easy to get caught up in the appointments, the waiting, the uncertainty, and the fear. But tonight, I'm choosing to focus on the countless blessings God has placed in my life.

I'm thankful for the gift of life itself.

I'm thankful for my beautiful mom, who continues to show me what courage, resilience, and hope truly look like every single day.

I'm thankful for my precious daughters and for the sweet little granddaughter who is already so deeply loved before she's even made her grand entrance into this world.

I'm incredibly thankful for my husband, Kevin. ❤️ Tomorrow we celebrate our 10-year wedding anniversary, and honestly, the man deserves a medal for marrying into this wonderfully crazy family. Through every storm, every hospital visit, every sleepless night, every tear, and every victory, he has stood beside me. He is my rock, my best friend, and one of God's greatest gifts to me. I thank Him every single day for bringing Kevin into my life.

I'm thankful for the friendships that cancer unexpectedly brought into my world. While none of us would ever choose these circumstances, God has a remarkable way of creating something beautiful from brokenness. We were placed in each other's lives for a reason—to encourage one another, to lift each other up, to laugh together, to cry together, to celebrate every victory, and to remind one another that none of us walks this journey alone.

I'm thankful for every doctor, every nurse, every researcher, every scientist, every caregiver, and every breakthrough in treatment that is giving our loved ones more time, more hope, and more precious memories.

Life isn't perfect.

The circumstances aren't always fair.

But even in the hardest seasons, there are blessings everywhere if we take a moment to see them.

Tonight, my prayer is simple...

Heavenly Father, thank You for every blessing You have poured into our lives. Continue to watch over every patient, every caregiver, every family, and every medical team fighting alongside them. Give strength to those who are exhausted, peace to those who are anxious, healing to those who are hurting, and hope to those who are struggling to find it.

May tomorrow bring new mercies, renewed strength, encouraging news, and countless reminders that You are always walking beside us—even when the road is difficult.

To everyone reading this tonight...

May your heart find peace.
May your body find healing.
May your mind find rest.
May tomorrow bring new hope.

Sleep well, my friends.

God bless each and every one of you. ❤️🙏

✨ Positivity prompts positive results. ✨

✨️🙏Shannon’s Daily Spark🙏✨️💜The Comeback Spark 💜Good morning, my beautiful HoldHer Spark family.You may have noticed I’v...
08/06/2026

✨️🙏Shannon’s Daily Spark🙏✨️

💜The Comeback Spark 💜

Good morning, my beautiful HoldHer Spark family.

You may have noticed I’ve been a little quiet lately.

Life has a way of reminding us that even the people who spend their days encouraging others sometimes need a moment to catch their breath.

The last couple of weeks have been filled with highs and lows, moments of hope and moments of heartbreak, victories worth celebrating and losses that leave an ache in our hearts.

Like many of you, I’ve been trying to balance caregiving, family, my own health, grief, fear, and the emotional weight that comes with loving people through cancer.

And that’s okay.

One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned is this:

You don’t have to be strong every single day to be a strong person.

Sometimes strength looks like getting out of bed when your heart feels heavy.

Sometimes strength is asking for help.

Sometimes strength is taking a break instead of pretending you’re okay.

Sometimes strength is simply saying:

“I’m still here.”

And sometimes we have to remind ourselves of one more truth…

We show up because if we don’t… who will?

As caregivers, parents, spouses, children, and friends, we often don’t have the luxury of waiting until we’re well-rested, fearless, healthy, or feeling our best.

We show up when we’re tired.

We show up when we’re scared.

We show up when we’re sick.

We show up when our own hearts are breaking.

Not because it’s easy.

Not because we’re superheroes.

But because someone we love is counting on us.

That kind of love doesn’t always make headlines, but it is one of the most powerful forms of courage there is.

If you’ve had to step away for a while, don’t apologize.

If you’ve been emotionally exhausted, don’t feel guilty.

If you’ve been surviving instead of thriving, give yourself grace.

Healing isn’t a straight line.

Neither is life.

What matters isn’t how many times we stumble.

What matters is that we keep getting back up.

So today, consider this my comeback.

Not because everything is perfect.

Not because every problem has been solved.

But because hope is worth showing up for.

This incredible community reminds me every day that even in our darkest moments, we can still become a light for someone else.

If today is a good day for you, encourage someone who is struggling.

If today is a hard day, let someone encourage you.

That’s what family does.

So wherever you are in your journey—whether you’re newly diagnosed, in treatment, recovering after transplant or CAR-T, celebrating remission, caring for someone you love, grieving someone you lost, or simply trying to make it through another day—I want you to know this:

You belong here.

You are stronger than you realize.

You are never fighting alone.

Your story is still being written.

Let’s make today count.

One prayer.

One smile.

One act of kindness.

One step forward.

Because sometimes the greatest comeback isn’t making headlines…

It’s quietly refusing to give up.

✨ Today’s Spark:
Every sunrise is proof that God isn’t finished writing your story.

💜 Positivity prompts positive results. ✨️

✨️Sending prayers for healing, peace, strength, comfort, and hope to every member of our HoldHer Spark family today.✨️

✨️No matter where you are on your journey, you are loved, you are seen, and you never have to walk this road alone.✨️

🌙 Shannon's Evening Reflection & Prayers 🙏✨What a day.Today brought us incredible news that filled our hearts with hope....
08/04/2026

🌙 Shannon's Evening Reflection & Prayers 🙏✨

What a day.

Today brought us incredible news that filled our hearts with hope...

🎉 Congratulations, Susan Maguire ! 🎉

Your PET scan came back CLEAN... CANCER FREE! 💜🎗️

What an incredible milestone after everything you've fought through. We are so thankful for this beautiful blessing and celebrate right alongside you. May this be the beginning of many years filled with health, joy, laughter, and making memories with the people you love most. You have inspired so many of us with your courage and strength.

As for Mom... we're still waiting.

No PET scan results yet.

So tonight we're praying just a little harder. 🙏 We are praying that tomorrow brings wonderful news and that we can celebrate two miracles in one day. One miracle has already arrived... now we're patiently waiting and believing for another. 💜

Please keep Donna in your prayers tonight.

We're also lifting up our sweet friend Irma Chism , praying that her CAR-T recovery continues to move in the right direction. May each new day bring more strength, healing, and peace.

Tonight we're praying for every warrior, caregiver, survivor, and family member walking this difficult road. Whether you're waiting for scan results, beginning treatment, celebrating remission, grieving a loss, or simply trying to make it through another day... know that you're not walking alone.

Let's also remember something today's events reminded me of...

❤️ Stress is a silent killer.

Life can overwhelm us before we even realize it. Between caregiving, waiting for results, work, family, and everything else life throws at us, it's easy to forget to slow down.

Take a deep breath.

Drink some water.

Give someone you love a hug.

Rest when you can.

Tomorrow's battles will still be there after you've taken care of yourself tonight.

And finally...

Let's be grateful for every sunrise we witness, every laugh we share, every hug we receive, and every single day we're given another opportunity to stand up and kick cancer's ass together.

Thank you all for continuing to pray for one another.

Our HoldHer Spark family is proof that hope is contagious, kindness matters, and no one fights alone.
Goodnight Sweet Maddie Christensen, thank you for always being there for me. 💓 💗
Goodnight, everyone. 💜

May tomorrow bring healing...
May tomorrow bring hope...
And may tomorrow bring another miracle. 🙏✨

Good morning, HoldHer Spark family. 💛✨️ Shannon's Daily Spark ✨️Faith Through the QuestionsToday is one of those days th...
08/03/2026

Good morning, HoldHer Spark family. 💛
✨️ Shannon's Daily Spark ✨️
Faith Through the Questions
Today is one of those days that carries a little extra weight.
My mom has her PET scan. Susan has hers too. Two warriors. Two hearts. Two families waiting and hoping.
At the same time, we're grieving the loss of another member of our cancer community. Every loss reminds us that cancer doesn't just affect one person—it ripples through families, friends, caregivers, and everyone who has come to love them.
If I'm being completely open with all of you... loss can shake your faith.
You pray. You ask others to pray. Prayer chains stretch across the country. Thousands of people lift one name to Heaven.
And then... sometimes we still lose someone.
In those moments, it's human to ask, "Did my prayers matter?" or "Why wasn't this miracle granted?"
Those questions don't make you weak. They make you human.
I've come to believe something that brings me peace.
Prayer is not a contract that guarantees the outcome we hope for.
Prayer gives us strength to face whatever the outcome becomes.
It surrounds us with love. It reminds us we are never walking alone. It gives courage to the frightened... Peace to the exhausted... Comfort to the grieving... Hope to the waiting.
Sometimes healing comes here on Earth.
Sometimes healing comes in ways we don't yet understand.
No matter what we believe, one truth remains:
We never stop fighting.
We fight through chemotherapy. We fight through stem cell transplants. We fight through CAR-T. We fight through setbacks, infections, fear, scans, blood draws, and sleepless nights.
We fight until we simply cannot fight anymore.
And when that day eventually comes for any one of us, it isn't because we lacked courage. It isn't because we didn't pray hard enough. It isn't because we failed.
It simply means our race has been run.
Until then...
We choose hope over fear. We choose love over bitterness. We choose gratitude over despair.
So today, I'm asking for prayers once again.
Please lift up my mom, Donna, and our dear friend Susan as they undergo their PET scans today. Pray for clear scans, steady hearts, wisdom for their medical teams, and peace while they wait for answers.
And please remember the families who are grieving today. Cancer may have taken someone they love, but it can never erase the love they shared or the legacy they leave behind.
💛 HoldHer Spark
No matter where you are in your journey—celebrating remission, waiting for results, receiving treatment, grieving a loss, or caring for someone you love—you belong here.
Today, we carry hope together. Today, we carry grief together. And today... we keep moving forward together.
Because every warrior deserves prayers and support and the reminder that they are never alone.✨💛

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