For myself, it has been a tough week for me. I watched the Lord call someone; I grew to love home this week which means the Lord has a new Angel. Brooke Foster was 17 and has been fighting Cancer for over a year. I met her dad John Foster on Facebook last year and was able to conduct three events to help them raise money for Brooke and John.I am so glad I was chosen to help them out.
John was a single dad and raised Brooke here in Texas. When Brooke got sick, he had to make some tough decisions including allowing her to move out of State. This meant John would only see Brooke on the weekends. This was done so she could get the treatment she needed.
Today as I sit here and wait for my son to wake up I think about John and knowing he will never see Brooke again. As a mom who has lost a child of there own my heart breaks for him. I can know how lonely to lose a child. Although Brookes was taken by CANCER and Suzzane through an accident. Like Brooke, Suzzane was only 16 and had her whole life ahead of her.
Please if you have children hug them a little tighter today and tell them you LOVE them as both John and I can say it a million times, but we can not see Brooke or Suzanne’s faces when we tell them.
Although I can say I am a little luckier than John as I have both Charlie and David. John only has an empty apartment to return home to each night. So Please look up John Foster on Facebook and leave him a message and keep posting notes for him as the pain will never cease and knowing people care will help.
There is a part of this that I just figured out as I sat down to write this and it is Brooke went home to the Lord on the 28th of October one month before my daughter was called home but the same day of the month as my daughter died in 2004 on Nov 28th. I feel like the most horrible parent of all as I let this day slip by and I didn’t even realize it. Does it mean I do not love Suzzane no? Does it mean I forgot her? No. it just means I am trying my best to cope with the loss as I know John is.
No Tears In Heaven – Poem by Carolyn Ford Witt
There will be no tears in Heaven,
God has promised, no more pain,
And the Son will shine so brightly
He will cancel out the rain.
In a place that is so perfect,
No tear would there abide.
For no sadness can enable
With our Lord there by our side.
So sing now, ‘Glory, Glory.’
For soon that time will be,
God wraps His robes around us,
in Heaven. You and Me.
We will sing our songs of gladness
Our joy no longer is hidden,
As friends and family greet us
For there’ll be no tears in Heaven.
Author: Carolyn Ford Witt
Brooke left behind her mom Amy.I know I asked you to Pray for Brooke and John, but I am sure her heart is breaking. Please wrap your arms around her as well and send her some her hugs.
The Lord has a new Angel Brooke Foster
Thank you,
Glenda, David and Charlie Cates
