"You've got to know it will be OK. It may not be OK right now, but it will be," Madey Slaughter
This wise young girl had so much to teach everyone around her. Now, a week after she left this earth for a place where she could be healthy again, I look to her words for guidance.
My own little sister, Ashley, found out that she has a problem with her heart yesterday. This is not something completely new to my family. My little sister, Linzie, went through something very similar. However, I'll admit that I'm a little scared. I don't know any of the details. In fact, no one knows exactly what is going to happen at this point. My mom knows the most about this kind of thing and reassures everyone that Ashley will be fine. I don't see why anyone would think otherwise at this point.
I think this would be easier for all of us if Ashley lived closer, though.
As my mom said today in her blog, there have never been any "steps" in our family. Ashley has always been my sister as much as all of the others and Bill has always been another dad to me. We are a family through whatever trials we face.
It will all be OK, probably sooner than any of us thinks right now.
I know that Ashley will be all right. Whatever fears any of us have right now will be erased and
