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, so 22, 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 were 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.

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