Please spare a thought...

...For Mary, Paul's mother and Joanne's mother-in-law. She's been diagnosed with cancer and, while they're still doing biopsies and various other tests, the prognosis isn't sounding too good at the moment. I am feeling really sad about this today for Joanne and, especially, Paul. Mary's already had extensive tests done and they've found that the cancer's in her kidney, the muscles around her kidney, her liver and her lungs. It also sounds like it's attached to some of her vertebrae. At this stage, they're not sure if they'll even be able to do anything to treat it. Hopefully by the end of the week they'll have a better idea of what can be done.

I can't help but wish (perhaps selfishly?), for Paul and Joanne, that this wasn't happening now. With Connor due in just under 11 weeks, it's supposed to be such a happy time for them. Instead of being able to just relax and focus on the excitement of becoming parents for the first time, Paul and Joanne are now, understandably, very worried and stressed about Mary (as are the rest of us). We're all obviously worried about Jo and Connor and I just hope that she's able to find ways to relax in between...

Unfortunately, as I've come to learn, things aren't always in my hands. If they were, nothing bad would ever happen to anyone. Sometimes, I do have to just leave things for someone else to sort out for me. For today though, I can't help but pray for a miracle. Please...