Dear God,

Today, God, I ask for strength for my neighbor and her family.  She is so young and going through so much right now.  Please, Father of all, help her, her husband and their children as she continues with the chemotherapy that will hopefully rid her body of all cancer cells, though chemo always helps at a cost.

Please God, give her older kids the understanding, strength and patience to help their Mom and Dad, to be as responsible for themselves and each other as possible, to help around the house, but most of all, to continue to be unafraid to need their Mom and to love her always.

Please give her husband the strength to always fight for her, to always stand by her, and to defend her from anyone who may not treat her as well as they should in these circumstances.  Please give them all a good dose of the "How dare they!" attitude when it comes to rude or insensitive doctors and other medical staff, social workers, and so forth.  I think they will need it to get through the second half of her treatments.

God, I also ask that you would help me to continue to be a good neighbor - as I hope I have been - and help me see where I can be of use and comfort to this struggling family.  I hope I can be a source of strength and encouragement for them all and I also hope my new friend will be cancer free forever after the end of the chemotherapy treatments.

Amen