Box of Fear
As the parent of a child with a chronic health condition you live with a secret fear. Even though most people never see it, you smile, you have faith, you live day to day believing the best. But deep, deep down inside locked in a box with the key tucked in another safe place, lives this fear. The one that says you know their life will be shorter, you know if you are not vigilant the worst could happen, you know that there is nothing you can do. Fear isn't always bad. Fear keeps you on your toes, it makes it impossible to not be aware, it moves you forward when you might give up. Fear is also crippling which is why it is stuffed away in the box. The funny thing about fear is what triggers it. For me it's watching other parents experience what my fear says is one day in store for me. That the unspeakable can happen. This week I watched as a community suffered, as parents wept and as friends wore purple and prayed. I know that it is...