Some People

Some people possess a certain... "quality."

Some people are just loud.

Some people have seemingly no filter or self-censorship ability.

Some people can change the entire mood of a room from boring to down-right awesome.

Some people are hilarious to a fault.

Some people are hilarious as if gifted.

Some people offend the world.

Some people can soothe the world.

Some people have big mouths.

Some people have big hearts.

Some people just have that quality: the kind of quality where people either absolutely hate them or totally, completely adore them. And those who adore them more than make up for those who abhor them.

Some people just can't be contained by this mortal world because they're "just too much."

And so, sometimes, the world decides it may be time to let those people go.

Up until that last sentence, I almost felt like all of those qualities applied to myself. That may be why I like TerriLyn Folkman Grundvig so much. She is David's stepfather's little sister. Or, in short, his aunt. Or in short - someone I totally get.

And she has been battling cancer for a few years... and it is now consuming her to the point that her time left on this earth is limited. And this saddens me for many reasons. One being her young kids. One being that she's family. One being that it's not the most... "comfortable"... way to suffer.

But mostly because the Big C is depleting one of the few people in this world who I really get, who, for that reason, probably "gets" me.

So please, when you get down on your knees tonight, or in the shower in the morning, or at your breakfast petitions, or any time you may be appealing to the Lord, ask Him to remember all she's offered Him in exchange for peace of mind for her loved ones, and peace of body for TerriLyn.

It can't seem like too much to ask...