This girl endures some of the most excruciating pain anyone on earth should ever have to endure as a mom. She is watching her middle son fight the battle of his life... Cancer. He's gone thru months of chemotherapy, has had leg reconstruction, lost his hair, has side pain, throws up... and the list goes on. He even faces lung surgery soon, as some 'spots' have appeared there. This son is only 14 years old.
Through all of this, she still praises and worships our Lord and Savior! She has inspired me and so many! We all have stuff going on in our lives. We all struggle. But do we all remember EVERY DAY to stop and praise Him and thank Him? She does even in the midst of this ugly disease!
I know the Lord lends us our children and we are to do the best we know how with them while here. Do we thank Him for this amazing gift each day? Then to have to watch them when they're so sick and hurting so bad, to still thank Him and see the good along this path is nothing short of awesome. I, for one, stand in awe of this lady and her family.
I was blessed with a little time this morning... visiting and sharing, as I have several times over the nearly 6 months since this ordeal began. No truer form of Faith and Courage have I ever seen.
She recently posted the following on Facebook. I just wanted to share with everyone. Whatever you're going through right now, know that God is with you... He never leaves us or forsakes us. His love endures forever. I have grown so much in watching this family... and I stop every day in what I am dealing with and I thank God... for the gift of the friendship in this lady, and for all that He still provides. Tracy Woolgar Floyd, I love you... and I thank you for your testimony that you share with all of us daily! God bless you, God bless Nick, and may God bless Team Floyd!
(When you all say your prayers, please add Nicholas and his family to your prayers... there is no such thing as too many!!) THANKS!
By Tracy:
"So many times I look back as we take this very uncertain road and think to myself...Ohhhhh that's why, that's why this happened. Thank God that happened! Lord, thank you for the things that you reveal to me, the things that seemed to not be fair. Thank your for moving us to this smaller, easier house a month before Nick was diagnosed, thank you for moving us into a home with stairs that "caused" us to be aware, thank you for moving us next to incredible people that have supported us throughout this journey, thank you for the new friends you placed in our path who armored up and said we will fight this with you, and for the friends we already had that put on their armor and said we are here for the long haul. Thank you for the little scattered blessings we have received. Lord, my sister and my father...I can't even begin, thank you.
It is always hard to watch as the effects roll in. His throat is sore, his spit is thick and his sparkle has dulled. This chemo really wipes one out. The feeding tube is his primary source of nutrition at this time. As hard as it is to put in sometimes, I can't express enough what a blessing that thing is. Watching the physical roller coaster of this road is a mental war in its own. Often times on these sullen days, the words "be still shhhhh" constantly run through my mind. Those seem to be my words of peace. Those words help my mind from going into places it has no business wandering to.
Exodus 14:14 The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”"
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