Oh How I Wish

I wish I could tell you all the story of a little girl. I wish I could tell you about how wonderful her family is and about her courageous battle with cancer. I wish I could tell you of all the good people and a small town who rallied with her, her mother, and grandparents to raise all kinds of money to help with her expenses while in Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth. I wish I could tell you about how the family had such a spirit about them and how it was my honor to be able to serve them. I wish I could tell you the reason that I had my first "non-friend/relative" family tell me that they love me and why, but I can't due to rules of which I am bound. I can, however, tell you to go see her story. It's one that will bring a tear to your eye.

She was a courageous little girl who fought a long, hard battle and is the hardest funeral I've worked yet. This little girl will be ingrained in my mind forever, and when I get down and think I've got it bad, Lord, let me look to this little girl and her desire to live and battle a disease that is no respecter of age and remember that there are those who are in a worse position than I. Perhaps my greatest wish, today, is that I had only known her in life.

Thank you, little girl and little girl's family, for what you have taught me about love, dedication, and strength. You are one amazing family!!

-approved by Farley Wells, CMDI