But I think for me, one of the biggest things that I've come to is like, the Lord does not promise us understanding.

He promises us himself.

God's story?

Your life.

Unfolding short stories.

My name is Amelia Tabit.

I grew up in a household with 10 kiddos, both my parents being very involved.

And this is my story of my mom's cancer diagnosis and journey and her going to be with the Lord.

So back in August of 2022, I received a call that my mom had collapsed and had taken to the hospital and discovered that

she had a mass in her brain. And at the time, I was almost 21. And so I think for me, my world,

just everything starts falling apart. I just remember not knowing where I'd go or what I would do,

but knowing that I wanted to just pray and believe for healing.

That began an 18-month journey for my family and my mom with many ups and downs.

She was diagnosed with glioblastoma brain cancer, which is a very difficult brain cancer.

But as a family, we've grown up believing in healing, believing that the Lord's will is to heal.

And so from the very beginning, my parents and us as a family and my church community, we're just adamant that we were going to pray.

Over those next 18 months, most of my memories are worship nights praying and pleading for my mom's life.

After so many surgeries and those surgeries are very

difficult because whenever you're doing anything with the brain, it messes things around. And so

she had to relearn a lot. She had to relearn how to walk and how to use her phone and everything

like that. But I remember when she first came home from the hospital, one of the biggest things I

remember is that she could still worship. And I have very distinct memories of her just being in our living room with us, just like worshiping and singing to the Lord. And that was really impactful for me because seeing my mom, the one who was walking through this, still praising the Lord, really had a big impact on me. Actually, previous to my mom's diagnosis, one of my really good friends passed away. And I remember calling my mom shortly after it had happened, and it was a freak accident. And I just was distraught and didn't know what to do. And I just remember my mom, she was like, Millie, no matter what, you cannot blame God. And it was

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