Prayers for Chalyce

I think everyone has songs that remind them of certain events in their lives. I have a song that will always remind me of Chalyce's passing. Chalyce, my cousin, passed away last Saturday. She had been suffering from cancer. It started out has melanoma and spread throughout the body. When I visited with my grandparents last month they said that she only had 14 weeks to live. My grandparents said that Jayna, her younger sister, wrote the first presidency of our church (the LDS church) and told them Chalyce's story. So in their weekly meeting she was mentioned and one of the seventy (leader in our church) was asked to come visit her and her family. So he traveled up to Idaho to visit with her and give her a blessing of comfort. I think that is really cool that he took the time to come visit with her and help make her last few weeks more comfortable.

She was really young (35) and had two young kids, her daughter is Cailey's age, in fact i think it was her daughter's birthday yesterday. It was hard to believe that it was her time already. I can't imagine how hard of a time her family is having. It is good to know that she is no longer in pain.

The song that will remind me of this time. Is the song, " I will wait," by Mumford and sons. The song reminds me Chalyce's passing for two reasons, one because it was playing on the radio after I heard she only had 14 weeks  left to live. The second reason is that I think the guy singing sounds like her younger brother Derek so I imagine that he is singing to her.

Here is the link to view the video. It is a wonderful song, it makes me tear up a bit now.  Sometimes it is difficult to understand why people die so young or why bad things happen in general, but I do know that this not all and that she is no longer in pain and that she can be with her family again.