One of the Most Beautiful Places

Of all the places I've been... This one is still burned in my memory... This one will stay with me. Last year for Memorial Day... My friend Patty was going to get her son Hayden from her parent's beach house.. I was invited to go along. I met two very nice and gracious hosts... George and Judy. I had an awesome time and they offered their rental house to my mother and I for next to nothing. Last year we were there the week before this week and we had such a wonderful time. The next week Judy found out she had a really rare form of cancer... there's very few cases of it in the world and from what I hear it usually kills you in less than a year. In August of this year we found out that the cancer is basically everywhere and thought that Judy didn't have long. She started an experimental type of chemo and she is currently feeling slightly better. She wants to live till Thanksgiving... we all hope she lives past Christmas... but with cancer who knows... IT sucks... They even sent me a present for graduation and becoming an RN... here she is sick with cancer... and she still manages to send me something so sweet.

So... Holden Beach will always have special meaning to me... and I will keep praying for Judy and remembering them every time I see pictures like this.

Jenn