Change is Constant...

Life is always changing, isn't it?  Sometimes big things that have a huge impact, sometimes small things that have virtually no impact or some impact that you feel much, much later.  My mother has fears.  Many of them.  Many that I don't understand.  She is a good soul, none the less.  One of her fears is cancer.  Any kind.  This week she found out that she has skin cancer.  Melanoma to be specific, and she is scared.  It's early stage, very thin, and they feel like they've already gotten it, but are taking a little more off just to make sure.  On the one hand it's a very serious, very sober situation.  On the other hand, thank heavens for early intervention and today's technology.  I laughingly told her to be grateful she's not a Pioneer Woman.  I also found out that my husand's uncle has a form of Parkinson's Disease.  His life from last week to this week is now vastly different and suddenly he seems so old.  Medication is starting to take affect and make his life easier, but things will never be the same for him.  And then there's another family member with the knee replacement and a compromised kidney.  All of this seems depressing and sad, but there are bright spots as well.  My mother will learn she has strengths long forgotten.  Uncle will strengthen relationships with those he's always loved and they will maybe appreciate him in a new light.  And so it goes.  One thing I can always count on is change.  Today, I'm grateful for it.