LOVE WINS
That's a quote that a friend of mine, Renee Tam, says any time something hard happens. Love wins.
It's simple. It's profound.
It is true.
Maybe not always on this side of heaven... but in the end... when all is said and done... Love wins.
I've watched my friend, Renee, suffer in the last months as her brother has fought a hard battle with cancer. I've watched her cry out for healing, beg for more time. I've watched her grieve the reality that his days were numbered. His days were numbered.
On Monday he died.
Renee Tam's brother.
He died after fighting for a very long time.
This is what she wrote on her blog:
Stop all the clocks, cut off
the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy
bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled
drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners
come.
Let aeroplanes circle moaning
overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is
Dead,
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public
doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton
gloves.
He was my North, my South, my
East and West,
My working week and my Sunday
rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my
song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was
wrong.
The stars are not wanted now:
put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the
sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the
wood.
For nothing now can ever come to any
good.
My
brother died today.
I can't do anything about Renee's grief except pray that God will bring peace and comfort to her hurting heart. I have been grieving with her as Renee is my friend and I know how much she loved her brother.
I can do something though.
As I was driving home from dropping Aaron off from school this morning, and praying and thinking about Renee, grieving with her over her loss, I realized that I could do something.
Renee and Steve are adopting a beautiful girl. She's older and has begged for a family.
They answered her call.
Over the last few months, in the midst of watching her brother fight a terrible battle against cancer that ate his entire body alive, Renee has been also working herself to the bone making toffee and pies to sell so they can bring Caroline home. Through her tears she has fought for her daughter. Despite the agony of watching her brother's body wasting away - she has remained steadfast about getting Caroline home.
I can't take away Renee's grief but I can put out a plea. Please. Will you help carry some of her load right now? Will you make a donation in honor of Renee's brother? I'm going to go out on a huge limb. Please, Carry her load. Please?? Everyone reading this blog. There are hundreds and hundreds of you. The Tam's still need to raise over 10,000 dollars. Every single 5.00 donation helps. They are deep in grief. Let's rally for them. Please! They need us to carry them for a season. Love Wins People.
Will you make a donation and then leave your name here or on
Renee's blog? I want Renee and Steve to see all the people who carried them in this season. I want her to know we are praying for her as she says goodbye. Please.
You can make donations through Reece's Rainbow
HERE or through Project Hopeful
HERE.
Make a donation and leave your name. Prayers, Bible verses, poems are definitely encouraged too.
Please.
LOVE WINS.
