Hope

Today was absolutely insane. I feel as if I have literally been going for 24 hours straight. I worked last night and the truck was pretty big and we had not enough people apparently. We are supposed to be getting more people on our shift to help stock and I think that's great. Hopefully, the new folks will work out and it will solve that problem. Work was work. I did pharmacy last night and it took a good while to do. I got my area done but it left me pretty tired. That's not anything new though really, work is supposed to make one tired and Wal*Mart surely does that.
Other than that, I came home about 8:30 after talking with Otey and Jessica after work in the parking lot and for some reason the song "Walmart parking lot" kept running through my mind at the time. I got home and things were so insanely busy. I don't want to go into so much detail at the moment because the subject matter is far from good, but I will say that people can surprise you. A lot of times, the people you think you know can turn out to be someone totally different. 
After what happened this morning, I began to question the human nature and the motives. I wonder exactly if people have any sort of decency in them and then my question was answered. A little girl that is 5 years old from my home town of Covington, TN has gotten a horrid form of brain cancer. She is currently going through a lot of surgery at lebonheur in Memphis. The way Covington is pulling for this young lady is nothing less than amazing and brings about so many emotions.  They formed a prayer meeting last week, paying no mind to the pending weather of rain, and joined together as the community that I love and know. They prayed for this little girl, asking our Father in Heaven for HIs blessings and mercy on this young girl. The little girl even missed her 5th year birthday party she had looked so forward to, but the children and community got together and made her a wonderful video and they gave her the best birthday they could possibly give. I read the mother's blog about her Lucy's illness and I couldn't keep my emotions in. I hardly ever cry anymore, even when I'm alone. The things this lady is feeling, dealing with, and experiencing with her daughter and the trials she's facing brought me to tears. She has a lot on on her plate, her and her family, but this woman keeps her eyes on God and prays, keeping her faith strong in Him. Our Lord is so wonderful to touch our hearts like that, enabling us to believe in Him. In Him, we have hope when sometimes we feel like there is no hope left to give. We have faith that things will get better and we love unconditionally, through the good or the bad. I am going to keep my thoughts, prayers, and support for this family going and Miss Lucy. No one should ever have to deal with the cancer she is fighting, I watched my own mother and grandmother go through it(of course, they were different forms), but to see a little baby go through it tears my heart in two. I will pray and pray hard, please pray for her too. 
This morning, I was undoubtedly questioning the human nature and how one can do something so hurtful. This evening, I am sitting in awe and my tears of so many emotions that there is so much love outpouring for a family and their daughter. 
God bless you all and sleep well.
With love and hope,
Susan