I hope everyone is having a good week. This post is my first post that is unrelated to Coleman's Crew, but it is very much important. Once you have a family member with cancer, specifically when that family member is only a kid, you are adopted into a "community" of sorts through social networking. A community that prays for one another, offers support and courage, and positive thoughts. The people (often complete strangers) that you meet become an internet family of sorts.

There is a little girl named Kate McRae. I started "following" the PrayforKate Twitter account when I first heard her story through one of my friends' blog posts. Kate is an adorable little girl that has bravely fought cancer. I didn't realize until recently that Kate lives in Chandler, Arizona, and goes to Phoenix Children's Hospital, just like my brother does. Yesterday her parents wrote a CaringBridge post asking for all those in the community to pray for Kate. They found out a few days ago that her cancer is back.

Complete strangers, people who I don't even know have prayed for me. They have kept my little brother in their thoughts in prayers, all out of the goodness of their hearts. There are people who live in states very far from Arizona who put my little brother on the "Prayer Wall" of their child's local gymnastics center, where they post those who need a prayer, that way anyone that comes by can see that and pray for them. People I have never met, never asked anything from, have done acts of kindness both small and large, expecting nothing in return. First, I would like to thank those people if they happen to see this, and if not, I hope that I have expressed my utmost gratitude to them.

So having said that, I beg you all to stop sometime today, and say a prayer for Kate McRae and her family. I believe in the power of prayer, I believe in the power of faith, love, and positivity. We may not be able to take away a child's cancer simply by prayer (although we all sure wish we could.. and I will never give up on miracles!), but I do know that the power of prayer can only help. And it is in tough times like these that we need to extend our help to others, simply because it is the right thing to do. I know that my life is richer and more full because there is faith in it. So I am making sure to say a prayer for Kate. Sometimes we encounter situations in life that seem insurmountable.. it is in times like these that I simply have to take a deep breath, look for the silver lining, and give it to God.

Thank you so much for reading, and God bless.

Sincerely,

Kassie Rehorn