Forever Changed

She didn’t think she’d be here
In this place where she’d have to grow up
and be the woman everyone told her she could be
at least not this soon
Now she knows she can be that woman
the one who has to be strong when her tears want
nothing more than to fall for hours on end
Like many moments of her past have done
she is and always will be forever changed

Now she’s in a place where the strongest woman
she’s ever known is praying that the cancer she’s
trying to beat doesn’t take her from this world
So far as she can tell the strongest woman
she knows and loves is winning the battle
for her life
The love she feels for this woman makes her
do everything she can for a mother who would
do and has done nothing less for her

People have asked if her faith is shaken
She’d be the first to admit there have been times
thoughts of a life without her have made this daughter
wish she could take her place
It’s weird but her faith has only gotten stronger
her relationship with God has forever changed again
If it weren’t for Him she wouldn’t be here to take care of
the mother whom will never be far from her thoughts