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For awhile now, I've been following this blog about a little girl named Kate McRae. I don't even remember how I first found the blog but I've kept up with it for over a year. You can go to her blog and read her complete story but in a nutshell, Kate is a little girl the same age as my 2nd grade students who, a couple months ago, was diagnosed with cancer in her brain for the second time in her short life. When the cancer recurrence happened, I shared her story with my students and we've prayed for her daily the past several months. We have her picture up in our classroom so she is always in our thoughts. Occasionally one of my students will say, usually out of the blue, "I just know Kate is going to be the first two beat this kind of cancer twice. She's going to be God's miracle." Out of the mouths of babes! I received an update for Kate's blog tonight and I just feel this urge to share it so that others can also to lift her up before the throne

Mother's Day. These two words bring up many different thoughts and emotions for people ranging from joy and happiness to sadness and pain. For me, this May holiday always conjures up the latter range of emotions. It's hard to ignore the day that celebrates moms as the ads on tv start weeks in advance and stores begin to fill up with those one-of-a-kind items 'perfect for moms'. Even Facebook has jumped on the band wagon and has encouraged people to put up photos of their moms in honor of the upcoming holiday. The simple truth is that I don't have a mom of my own to celebrate on Mother's Day. I know that statement will draw criticism from some people but I believe it to be true. I don't have a relationship with her and she is not a part of my life at all. This is my choice and the reasons why are for another blog, another time. Some would say that since I've made the choice not to have a relationship with her, I shouldn't get sad about Mother's