I struggled with the title of this post, but thanks to Billy Joel I found it. God put several tender moments in my day today. When you talk to people who have or had cancer, you see that every single moment is tender and special. Perhaps this is one of the things he's teaching this hard head. I'm learning not to try to over analyze the moments of my life. I am learning to accept them as His will.
God gives us so much and today He gave us such a beautiful day. I met with a sweet young lady and her mom about her wedding coming up in May. Her mom works with my aunt, Deborah, and is also fighting a courageous battle with cancer. Because of not knowing with the future holds with her mom's cancer they moved the wedding from November to May. What a blessing to spend that time with them and to see the excitement about the upcoming wedding. For the joy she was showing, I know that underneath is the fear and dread that cancer loves to throw upon its victims. She, like everyone I have talked to about their experiences, has such an unbelievable faith. She is strong and knows that God is there in everything. She's amazing. I'm looking so forward to the wedding. We talked about how even the smallest things mean so much more. This wedding will be magical.
Later this afternoon I did another session for 'Faces' at the home of my sister-in-law's family. Amy, my sister-in-law, lost a sister to cancer a few years ago. Connie had fought a hard battle with cancer. She was the mom to 3 special children. I had watched her kids grow up from the kitchen window of my mother's house. She lived her every day for her family. At the time that Connie 'won her war', she had no grandchildren. Today I photographed her babies, all 5 of them. They are precious. Although she never knew them here, I'm sure that before God sent them to their parent's that she must have rocked them in Heaven. I just had to think as I photographed tiny Hatley, that Connie must have been there. After just a bit of fussiness she finally calmed and lay there so quietly with Connie's picture. You could feel the presence of an angel. Connie was there in that tender moment. What a privilege and honor to have this opportunity. Every step these little ones take she will be there to watch over them. Cancer may have taken Connie from them here, but I know it was so she could take care of 'her babies' from a higher place.
The tender moments hidden within my day have been stored in my heart. Thanks be to the One who makes it all possible.
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