When life throws you a curve ball

There is something to be said about telling someone how much you love them and how much they mean to you before it's too late. When telling your parents that you don't get to see much due to the military life, how grateful you are to be their child. When having to miss out on a lot in your family due to your career.

One day you wake up and it all falls apart. People get sick and they die, it's the laws of nature. Wen you have to watch your husband and his family do everything they can to hold themselves together. As some of you may know my mother in law has CJD or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, she has been fighting for her life for 4yrs now. It's been hard on his whole family, blood and not blood. She's barely hanging on but she's hanging on, she is a fighter.

Recently we found out that my father in law has an inoperable brain tumor. It's rapidly growing and he only has weeks to live. He is an amazing father and man. How does this happen to such good people?? How does this seem fair?? It's taking everything in me to stay strong for my husband, who is barely hanging on by a thread.

Nothing can prepare you for these situations. My heart goes out to my husband and his family, who are all fighting to keep it together through these incredibly hard times. If I knew we could do it, I would tell him to get out of the military and let's go home to his family who needs him. But, we can't.

So the next time you sit there and think well I'll see my family next year, or the year after that, just remember that every moment counts. Every minute counts. And if it is at all possible for you to see your family, whether in person, on Skype or FaceTime. Do it!! Tell them every chance you get how much you love them and how lucky you are to be their kid. Don't miss anything if you can help it. Cause you never know when something devastating will hit someone in your family and you missed that chance to say, I love you.

I'm sorry I have nothing happy to report right now. I just wanted to get this weight off of me. I am by no means looking for pity. Just love, support, prayers and understanding.