A FAMILY LIKE NO OTHER

When living in Thibodaux I met so many  

awesome people, friends. 

Some I speak to here and there and some

I am part of the family.

The Duet's, my once neighbors are family.

Having lived next door to them

for six years we have shared a lot.

Like I have blogged about before,

Katie, the neighbor, being their daughter,

became a close friend to me

with age playing no part, no age gap as

we love scrapping, crafts.

Last time I blogged about this wonderful family,

it was when their son and brother, Stephen

passed away from a rare heart disease.

One of the saddest days of my life so I

can't even imagine what that was like for them.

Today I blog about Donna, the Mother

to this heavenly child and Katie.

Last week Katie informed me that her Mother,

having gone for her routine Mammogram,

was diagnosed with Breast cancer....

WHAT???? How can this happen to 

this most amazing family? Where is the lesson

here? Knowing Donna, she does not like "fanfare"

and if she shed tears about herself, it was in 

the privacy of her home in the arms of her

family. Warren, her hubby, always being the

best supporter of all, has to be worried so.

It has not been enough tragedy that they bury

their baby boy, now his high school sweetheart

having to go through chemo., surgery,

I know him well enough to know he would 

love to take this away from her, to go through

it himself. I have no doubt, Donna will go 

through this with grace, for all the world to see

and like I have been known to say,

sometimes the things we go through has nothing 

to do with us but for someone else

in our world who needs to learn a lesson as they

watch how this family goes through this.

Katie, their daughter, will be at her Mothers side

through it all, her little Cherub, Addison and

Stephen's girlfriend, "Aunt Meal" as Addison

calls her will see them through this as well.

What I want to share is this,

this family will attack this diagnoses with

little tears, hide nothing from others who ask

questions. Donna, no matter how badly she

may feel while going through chemotherapy,

will share that with very few, going to work as

many days as she can through this ordeal.

I hold this family high on a pedestal,

not only today because of what they will face,

but the way they face all the negative things

in their lives, with honor and grace.

Soon it will be over and done, Donna

will get over this and in a few years many

won't even remember she had cancer.

Except I know she will now be an advocate

of yearly Mammograms just as her Katie will be.

Donna's worry will be for Katie and Addison, knowing

that because they are females, they may hold

the same gene she did that made one cell go crazy

to cause this breast cancer.

I love you, Duet's and in pure Lilly fashion, 

I will leave you with one funny statement to 

take the edge off this terrible diagnosis,

"YOU CAN NOW HAVE THE BOOBS OF

YOUR DREAMS AND YOUR INSURANCE

WILL PAY FOR IT!"

Love you all, here for the journey!

The Duets during happy times,  Baby boy and Kd's

wedding. Steve-O sitting, so much life!

Katie, the neighbor and sweet "Aunt Meal"

Camille, Stephen Love, no doubt she will be a 

dentist soon!

And our dear Donna holding the one who will make

this journey a little easier, our Addison, AddieMae to 

me, Aunt Mumsie.

Offer up a prayer for this sweet wonderful family!