[Sunday, February 25, 2007] It’s been difficult having to stay away from Shelsi the past few days due to my being sick. It’s times like these when I realize there’s nothing a mother wouldn’t do for her child, including giving her life. In my pleadings with God I’ve bartered – “pass this on to me and make her whole again” I’ve said. When I started to get sick I wondered if he was taking me up on my offerJ and the thought filled me with joy to think in an instant she could be healed. But then I realized that’s not how our perfect universe works. An eye for an eye justice is not how God works and it is not required to take one life to spare another. There is abundant life and health to go around.

What we all, who deeply love Shelsi, do with this trial is up to us. It is not the events in our lives that transform us, but how we react to those events. The love and bonding that is transpiring over this one beautiful soul named Shelsi is magnificent! We are witnessing humanity at its best. To maintain this kind of caring and feeling in our lives everyday could heal the world – one precious soul at a time.

Love, Sheri

P.S. In case you don’t already know – Shelsi is back in the Saperstein Critical Care unit (Same room as before 5S62) where they can monitor her heart more closely again.

Shelsi is the daughter of Sheri and Ric Hancock, and the wife of Eric Stolworthy. On Jan 25th she was diagnosed with "Diffused Large B-cell lymphoma" -- in other words, Cancer. It manifested as an 14 cm mass in her chest that was pushing on her heart and constricting the blood flow to the rest of her body. Now she is out of Intensive Care but is still undergoing Chemotherapy treatments. Her husband Eric, her parents Ric & Sheri and all the rest of her family and friends thank you dearly for all your prayers and support!