Oh, beautiful rose, please tell me,
For I would like to know,
Why I must crush your petals
That sweet perfume may flow.
Oh, life that is clothed in beauty,
Perhaps like that beautiful rose,
You will need to be crushed by suffering
Ere you give out your best; who knows?
A life that is crushed by sorrow
Can feel for another’s grief,
And send [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sickness’
ALESYA’S FIGHT – FINISHED
Posted in ALESYA, OLD POSTS, tagged ALESYA, cancer, death, eternal life, heaven, hope, sickness on 04/24/2008 | Leave a Comment »
ALESYA’S FIGHT – ENDING
Posted in ALESYA, OLD POSTS, tagged ALESYA, cancer, death, eternal life, heaven, hope, sickness on 04/18/2008 | 2 Comments »
Alesya in October 07
MOST OF YOU KNOW, I believe, but we received an unexpected phone call from Alesya’s mother on Wednesday, telling us to come over because the nurse had come by and said that it was simply a matter of hours or days for Alesya.
WE WENT TO SAY goodbye, and she is pretty much [...]
URGENT PRAYER FOR ALESYA
Posted in ALESYA, OLD POSTS, tagged brain tumor, emergency surgery, faith, hospital, operation, prayer, San Fransisco, sickness on 01/18/2007 | Leave a Comment »
I WANTED TO LET you all know that Alesya was rushed to San Fransisco for emergency surgery on Wednesday to remove a possibly cancerous tumor from her brain.
IT SEEMS SHE HAS not been well for some time – her sister Oksana was telling me that she has grown very weak over the past few months [...]