Why Should I Bother to Continue To Blog???? Here's Why....

It has been seven months since I last posted.  Feeling like the ultimate blog slacker I have been questioning whether it is a waste of time and effort to keep this blog up to date.  After all, no one reads it....right?......WRONG!!!!  Last night Carly showed me the following post to her and our family from a complete stranger on her facebook page.   I am reproducing it here for all of you bloggers out there who, like myself, may loose motivation and, because you get little or no comments on your post,  may consider "not bothering to waste your time".  

Here is  the post of December 16...


Hi There,
U don't know me & I don't know you. I'm a 30 yr old British man living in England.  I don't really actually know why I'm sending you this message, but just had a feeling that I should.  I recently have been going through some personal family problems, nothing of importance but as it so often happens we make it of importance.  The stupid problems led me to separate from my wife & 1st love, & then the battle started over custody over children.  I by chance came across the group created in honor of your sister.  I for some reason was immediately drawn towards it & spent hours reading every single comment made by others.  I googled your sisters name & came across your families website.  I was so touched by it & the bravery of your whole family was of nothing I had ever seen before.  I don't know what happened to your beautiful sister & don't want to know what happened.  Your whole family's story touched me so much it totally shook me up & made me view life from a totally different perspective, how stupid problems seem so important, how there is always someone who has so much bigger problems than your own, & how people cope in those situations.  Your family's hope & belief of never giving up hit me real hard.  Because of this I made every effort to reconcile with my partner & are happier than ever before.  I am a total stranger to you & your family, A British man with Indian background & Muslim by faith,   but somehow your family & your sisters attitude to life helped me, helped me in so many ways.  I pray, pray & pray that God pours all the worlds happiness on your family & pray that your sister recovers fully.  Faith might be different, nationality might be different, ethnicity might be different, country might be different but as beings we are all the same.  How some rise above others is different & I see your family rise above others.  That smile you all display in face of anything is admirable.


What a wonderful Christmas gift this complete stranger has given me.  He has helped give me an insight perhaps to help find meaning and Devine purpose in this tragedy.  


If the author of this letter reads this, " I thank you from the bottom of my heart".  For you have also given something back to me, a determination to continue to get Mel's story to others who may also need hope.

To say I was moved is an understatement.  That Mel and my family touched someone so profoundly is very humbling.  We who put ourselves out there and share our stories, our crosses as well as our joys are touching people's lives in ways we cannot imagine.  God is using our situations to inspire others.  How could I have ever doubted His ability to use suffering to do good?

 

May God bless all of you with Peace, Love, Hope and Courage!  

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