My best friend, Cylithria, is dying.
She has lupus and cancer and is losing three pounds a day. Her doctor gave her until her birthday, November 6th, unless the weight loss stops.
Please pray for my friend. Hold her dearly in your thoughts. Send her all the healing and gracious energies that you can.
The world will lose a Marine, a mother, a loyal friend, a hero. I will lose one of the handful of people that I love as deeply and as fiercely as I love my children.
I have always wanted to write a tribute to her here, but I don’t even know where to begin. My love for her runs through me and past me and beyond me; and it breaks my heart into a million pieces that I can do nothing but love her. I cannot heal her. I cannot beat this thing back, keep it away, tear at it until it is nothing.
My best friend is dying. May God and all the angels and powers in this world and beyond spare her life for at least a time.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!
{ 6 comments }
Hopefully things slow down enough to extend her life awhile longer
I’m so sorry, Rachael. I barely know Cylithria, and I love her already. I can’t even fathom how this is for you.
Omg, Cyli’s really that bad? Is there a way to contact her? I assume they’ve put her in bed and she’s not very mobile… She was just on the Nanowrimo site! How’s Sarah taking it?
I am so glad so many are picking up her banner. I had no idea so many, even those who have never met her, would join our voices and prayers to keep her with us. Sometimes, people don’t suck.
You’ve known her so much longer than me. It makes me jealous to be honest. I wish she’d been in my life for so much longer than she has. She was such and important part of my wedding day. I’m so glad I’ll always have had that time with her. Hopefully, I’ll have many more memories.
The praying hasn’t stopped. My heart hurts so much at the thought of losing someone who has become so important to me. ***hugs*** and so many more prayers….
Rachael — I had no idea. So much love and peace to you. ;(
Comments on this entry are closed.