This I Believe

I believe in faith. My mom has always told me that, "faith can move mountains," and it is a phrase that has got me through many hard times. This phrase has become a motto of mine these past couple months. This phrase is what I told myself when my grandmother had to go into her first major brain surgery and everyone was in distress. We had gotten many phone calls, many cards, and many facebook comments of people letting us know that they were praying for all of us. It was hard to look at my poor grandpa and still have hope that everything was going to be alright. This was his other half who was going into a surgery that could take her away forever but there he stood strong, in faith that it would all work out for the best.

After the surgery we were all so relieved when my grandma came out just fine. But as they say, when it rains, it pours and that is exactly what happened. My grandma's major surgery did not work and she was worse than before which meant a more dangerous surgery. Just to make it worse, because remember it's pouring, my other grandma, Jackie, suddenly passed away. There were times when I just wanted to lay on the couch and feel bad for myself and for my family but I couldn't for the sake of my mother and father and for myself. I had to get up and believe that things would work out. So of course with more bad news came more phone calls, more hugs, more cards, and of course more facebook comments which meant more people who had faith that everything would work out like I tried to tell myself.

After holding onto this faith things really did start to work out for the better. My family became closer to our extended family after my grandma Jackie passed away and we got to share many memories and laughs. After the funeral, life started to settle again until it was time for my other grandma's second surgery. I was so scared as I talked to her for the last time before surgery but I held my faith close. The whole family sat waiting and anticipating the results. We finally got the call that the surgery went awesome and her tumor was taken out safely. I sat there with the happiest tears in my eyes knowing that everything, once again, worked out for the better. My grandpa told us that they found out that this disease she had, cushings disease, had been something that my grandma's been dealing with for the past three to five years which explains a lot. She could have died from it at any moment but through faith, things worked themselves out. So this is definitely why I believe in faith.