Week 2 Core 100 Blog

The most significant event that changed my life was when my sister was diagnosed with Non Hodgkin's B lymphoma. It was like any other day in my life, my sister was complaining about something hurting in her stomach. This had been going on for five days, and she had been coming home early everyday. So, that day my parents decided to take her to the hospital during school to see if it was something more serious. That night I came home and my dad gave me the news. At first it was almost surreal, I had heard of little kids getting sick before, but I never thought that it would affect me personally. The surreal moment faded quickly to anger and devastation. I was quickly questioning God and why he would allow this to happen to someone so young and kind. I prayed to God a lot that night both for my sister's safety and calmness for myself. This is when I started to leave the future up to God. I remembered that sometimes God does things that we don't understand, but it is always for the best. My family and I were comforted by many people from the community and even people we didn't know that much. I feel that through this event I have become more mature, I am more thankful for the thing I have in life, and I feel like I have a new relationship with God.