Prayer Request

The mother of one of my best friends passed away on Sunday, the day after Christmas. She beat breast cancer twice, but this summer the cancer came back pretty aggressively. She was a sweet, sweet woman who was very close to her two beautiful daughters. She will be missed greatly by all who knew her.

I went with a few friends to Oxford yesterday for the visitation and funeral, and my heart just broke for Brooke and her family. This is the third time in not even two full years that we have said goodbye to a parent of someone our age. That seems unreal to me. It's soooo not fair in many ways, and it's not like it gets any easier.

If you have a prayer to spare, please remember my friend Brooke and her family. Please pray that they deal with this tragedy as best as possible and remember all the good times they shared. Please say a prayer that they don't always associate Christmastime with sadness. And please give your mom and dad a big hug when you can. You never know when they won't be there one day.