[Spirit Dancer]

Originally Posted by waxnrope

Because there has been no time to follow the instructions that Spirit Dancer provided of how to capture a picture (of a candle), I place a naked and visually unlovely request here:
I light a candle for Dolores, my "Dolo", my sister who is discouraged not only by the news that her cancer has spread to her brain, but by the simple thing of her beautiful hair starting to fall out. May her tears wash her grief so that she sheds the past, the old, and becomes fresh for the newness of today. We are not promised tomorrow. Let us live today fully. May she experience the healing of just this day.

I light another candle for myself. That I have the strength to endure this journey with her and my oldest niece, Claudia, who is stoic and yet afraid. I pray to continue being the shoulder, the "strong one", the one to go to when they are afraid or confused about the medical jargon and decisions. That I have the strength to be kind to my sister's husband ... which is difficult for me in the best of times. May this candle awaken and renew the Spirit of compassion and strength.

For you and yours